Registered Nurse RN - PCU PRN, Nights

Texas Health Resources • Fort Worth, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This Registered Nurse (RN) position is for the PCU (Progressive Care Unit) and is PRN (as needed) for night shifts at Texas Health Southwest. The department is a 36-bed PCU with a nurse/patient ratio of 1:4, focusing on intermediate/telemetry level of care for post-acute stroke, general medical, endocrine, GI/renal patient populations. The facility is a MAGNET facility, a Level III Trauma Center, and a Primary Stroke Center with a stroke-designated unit. This role offers self-scheduling for work/life balance and excellent opportunities for educational and career growth, including leadership advancement.

Requirements

• Nursing Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing required; BSN preferred
• Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire
• BCLS – prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly
• ACLS – within 90 days of hire
• CPI – Crisis Prevention Intervention Training – within 90 days of hire
• NIHSS – within 90 days of hire
• 1-year experience as a registered nurse or completion of an RN residency program required
• PCU experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrate a high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.
• The professional nurse exhibits understanding of basic human needs.
• The professional nurse demonstrates recognition and understanding of patient’s affiliations.

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred
• PCU experience strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process: assesses the patient, plans the care of the patient, intervenes as appropriate, evaluates the effectiveness of interventions.
• Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.
• Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information.
• Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.

Benefits

• 401k
• Employee Assistance Program EAP
• Tobacco Cessation program
• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree