Registered Nurse / RN - PACU - Full Time, Days
About The Position
This is a full-time day shift position for a Registered Nurse in the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) at Texas Health Denton. The role involves providing direct patient care, responding to patient needs, and fostering a healing environment. The hospital is a 255-bed facility with a strong focus on various specialties including Heart & Vascular Services, Women & Infants Care, and Critical Care. Texas Health Denton is a Joint Commission-accredited Primary (Level II) Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center, a Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence, and a Magnet® designated hospital.
Requirements
- Nursing Diploma OR Associate's Degree in Nursing required OR Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
- 1 year experience as a Registered Nurse or completion of an RN residency program required
- RN - Registered Nurse upon hire required
- BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly required
- ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support 90 days required
- PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support if working in inpatient recovery 90 days required
Nice To Haves
- 1 year previous PACU experience or Critical Care experience (ICU or ED) preferred
Responsibilities
- Basic Human Needs – Responds to other’s priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological, and social needs.
- Human Respect – Honors worth of human through unconditional acceptance.
- Appreciation of Unique Meanings – Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.
- Affiliation Needs – Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.
- Mutual Problem Solving – Professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to learn about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved patients.
- Attentive Reassurance – Listens and concentrates on other. Is reliable and attentive.
- Encouraging Manner – The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.
- Healing Environment – The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility.
- Teamwork – “Individuals caring for individuals, together”
Benefits
- 401k
- PTO
- medical
- dental
- Paid Parental Leave
- flex spending
- tuition reimbursement
- Student Loan Repayment Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
