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

Texas Health Resources•Plano, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health Plano is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Surgery Ambulatory department. The role provides patient-centered nursing care, responding to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs while honoring their dignity and engaging families and caregivers in care. The nurse helps patients and families understand and address health and illness through shared problem-solving, listens attentively, communicates in a supportive and positive manner, and creates a private, safe, confidential, and tranquil healing environment. The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, with variable shifts to be discussed during the interview. Weekend and holiday requirements apply. The Surgery Department is Magnet certified and emphasizes safety, patient care, and high patient-satisfaction scores. The work location is Texas Health Plano in Plano, Texas.

Requirements

Nursing diploma or associate’s degree in nursing required.
Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency, if applicable.
At least 1 year of registered nurse experience or completion of an RN residency program required.
Registered Nurse (RN) license required upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required before providing independent patient care and must be maintained quarterly upon hire.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) 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

Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
2 years of experience in a perioperative setting strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to patients’ priorities regarding safety and physical, psychological, and social needs.
Honor the worth of each person through unconditional acceptance.
Engage families and caregivers in healthcare situations.
Seek to understand patients’ frames of reference and the unique meanings they assign to their experiences.
Support patients and families in understanding and addressing health and illness through reciprocal, shared problem-solving and acceptable decisions.
Listen and concentrate attentively, and be reliable, available, and attentive to others.
Communicate in a supportive, open, positive, and tolerant manner.
Create care settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.