Registered Nurse (RN II) Radiology Full Time

Texas Health Resources•Denton, TX

3h•Onsite

About The Position

This role focuses on providing direct patient care within the Radiology department. The Registered Nurse (RN II) is expected to uphold high standards of patient safety, human respect, and effective communication. Key responsibilities include assessing and meeting basic human needs, honoring patient dignity, understanding individual patient perspectives, engaging families in care, problem-solving collaboratively, providing attentive reassurance, and creating a healing environment. The role also emphasizes teamwork, shared decision-making, and professional development, aligning with organizational goals and evidence-based practices.

Requirements

Nursing Diploma Nursing Req Or Associate's Degree Nursing Req Or Bachelor's Degree Nursing Pref
1 Year Experience as a Registered Nurse or completion of an RN residency program Req
RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Req
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Req
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support 90 Days Req
A high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree Nursing Pref

Responsibilities

Responds to others' priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social needs.
Handles the body with care and demonstrates knowledge of patient rights.
Uses active listening and maintains a non-judgmental attitude.
Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.
Provides information, validates patient knowledge, and accepts feedback from patients.
Listens and concentrates on others, is reliable, available and attentive.
Communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.
Creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility.
Communicates and collaborates with all members of the health care team.
Delegates effectively by making efficient use of staff time and expertise.
Uses SBAR format in communicating with physicians and other interdisciplinary team members.
Uses hand off communication tool and/or processes appropriately for any change in caregivers across shifts and departments.
Identifies patient needs and coordinates care and resources to facilitate patient throughput/flow.
Manages up other team members, intra and inter-departmentally looking for opportunities to positively recognize co-workers to leaders, patients, families and team.
Demonstrates flexibility and helps co-workers when needed.
Follows attendance commitments by being timely and reliable.
Incorporates Error Prevention Tools into practice and participates in High Reliability organizational training.
Promotes a cost effective team.
Demonstrates judicious use of resources including supplies, products and equipment.
Identifies ineffective and costly practices and provides suggestions for improvement.
Incorporates innovation and technology in daily practice to enhance efficiencies.
Leads by example by giving priority to doing the right thing for patient care.
Adapts to changes in workload by demonstrating flexibility related to patient needs, staffing and patient acuity.
Actively participates in the Shared Governance model at unit, entity, and/or system level.
Actively engages in finding solutions for unit, division and/or entity concerns or issues.
Participates in process improvement activities at the unit, entity and/or system level.
Seeks innovative ideas or promotes evidenced based practice changes among team.
Uses multiple available tools to stay informed of changes, updates and communications.
Reads and responds to email as requested.
Reviews meeting minutes when unable to attend in person.
Meets staff meeting attendance participation rates as per department standard.
Demonstrates the ability to respectfully listen to others' opinions.
Collaborates with physicians and interdisciplinary team members to promote safe individualized care.
Supports interdisciplinary meetings such as daily care briefings, rounds, family conferences and support groups for optimal patient outcomes.
Promotes the Magnet and/or Pathways to Excellence standards throughout the organization.
Participates in change and seeks opportunities for professional and personal growth.
Actively engages in peer to peer review.
Willingly accepts feedback from colleagues including peers, leaders and other disciplines.
Utilizes feedback to seek opportunities for advancing professional growth.
Understands, promotes, and values evidence-based practices, quality improvement, and/or research, and utilizes them in practice.
Follows guidelines and recommendations defined by regulatory or professional practice agencies.
Provides daily care that achieves outcome targets for Reliable Care Blueprints, NPSG, employee satisfaction, patient and family experience, NDNQI and other unit/organizational metrics.
Demonstrates commitment to lifelong learning and development.
Maintains annual competencies.
Attends in-services and training useful to area of practice.
Shares with peers evidence based practice updates, policy changes, new technology and other pertinent information from conferences or meetings.
Demonstrates a commitment to advancing the professional practice of nursing.
Incorporates ethical principles from the ANA Code of Ethics.
Adheres to the Nursing Practice Act.
Identifies realistic and measurable goals at least annually.
Identifies and participates in a standardized system tool for Self-Assessment and Evaluation, Peer to Peer feedback, and professional goal development/career planning.
Participates in advancing professional practice.