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

Texas Health Resources•Plano, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health Plano is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Surgery Ambulatory department. The role is full-time, 40 hours per week, with variable shifts to be discussed during the interview and weekend and holiday requirements. The department is Magnet Certified and emphasizes safety, patient care, confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment. The nurse responds to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs; respects each person’s worth; engages families and caregivers; and seeks to understand patients’ perspectives. The role also involves shared problem-solving with patients and families, attentive reassurance, supportive communication, and creating a private, safe, confidential, and tranquil healing environment.

Requirements

Nursing diploma or associate’s degree in nursing required; bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency.
One 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) 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

Two years of experience in a perioperative setting strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to others’ priorities regarding safety and physical, psychological, and social needs.
Honor the worth of people through unconditional acceptance.
Engage family members and caregivers in health care situations.
Seek to understand others’ frames of reference and unique meanings.
Help patients and families understand and consider their health and illness through reciprocal, shared problem-solving and mutually acceptable decisions.
Listen and concentrate on others, and be reliable, available, and attentive.
Communicate in a supportive, open, positive, and tolerant manner.
Create settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.