Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery Ambulatory (Full Time/Variable Shifts)

Texas Health•Plano, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) – Surgery Ambulatory provides nursing care in the surgery department at Texas Health Plano. The role emphasizes high-quality patient care through nursing education, research, and innovation in nursing practice. The nurse responds to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs; respects each person’s worth; involves families and caregivers; listens attentively; and communicates in a supportive, open, positive, and tolerant manner. The nurse helps create a private, safe, confidential, and tranquil healing environment and works with patients and families to understand health concerns and reach shared decisions. This is a full-time position working 40 hours per week on variable shifts, to be discussed during the interview. Weekend and holiday requirements apply. The position is located at Texas Health Plano in Plano, Texas. The surgery department is Magnet certified and emphasizes patient safety, strong unit-based support, confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and the ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Nursing diploma or associate degree in nursing required; bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency, if applicable.
At least 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse or completion of an RN residency program required.
Registered Nurse (RN) license required upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification required before providing independent patient care and must be maintained quarterly upon hire.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification required within 90 days of hire.
High degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience in a perioperative setting is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs.
Honor the worth of patients through unconditional acceptance.
Engage families and caregivers in health care situations.
Seek to understand each person’s frame of reference.
Help patients and families understand and confront health and illness through reciprocal problem-solving and shared decisions.
Listen attentively and provide reliable, available, and attentive support.
Communicate in a supportive, open, positive, and tolerant manner.
Create care settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.
Deliver high-quality patient care through nursing education, research, and innovation in nursing practice.