Registered Nurse (RN) – Medical Surgical /Trauma (Full time Days)

Texas Health • Dallas, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides care to patients on a 23-bed trauma medical-surgical unit specializing in patients with traumatic injuries at Texas Health Dallas. The role delivers care through the nursing process: assessing patients, planning and providing care, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. The nurse incorporates age-specific safety and infection-control measures, responds to patients’ and significant others’ information needs, and maintains continuity of care between shifts and hospitals, including during out-of-hospital transfers. The role includes cardiac-focused care and management of various cardiac drips.

This is a full-time day position, 36 hours per week, with a 7 a.m.–7 p.m. schedule and rotating weekends and holidays. The workplace is Texas Health Dallas in Dallas, Texas.

Texas Health describes a supportive team environment with growth opportunities, online continuing education, an RN Step Program with NCAP and nursing certification test-preparation content, a Nursing Excellence Advisory Board that supports projects in nursing education, research, and practice innovation, and shared governance through unit-based councils.

Requirements

• Nursing diploma, associate's degree in nursing, or bachelor's degree in nursing.
• One year of experience as a registered nurse or completion of an RN residency program.
• Registered Nurse (RN) license upon hire.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) certification before providing independent patient care, maintained quarterly.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care utilizing the nursing process.
• Assess patients.
• Plan patient care.
• Intervene as appropriate.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
• Incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures into patient care.
• Initiate action to meet patients’ and significant others’ information needs.
• Maintain continuity of patient care between shifts and hospitals and while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.
• Provide cardiac-focused care.
• Manage various cardiac drips.

Benefits

• Unlimited access to online continuing education for professional and career development.
• RN Step Program, including NCAP and nursing certification test-preparation content for specialty nurses.
• Nursing Excellence Advisory Board framework and methodology for funding projects in nursing education, nursing research, and innovations in nursing practice.
• Shared governance structure featuring unit-based councils that empower nurses to shape their work environment.
• Supportive team environment with opportunities for growth.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree