RRT Full Time Nights

Texas Health•Dallas, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the ICU/Rapid Response Float Pool provides nursing care to ill patients and delivers life-saving care while floating to the Rapid Response Team Float Pool Department. The role focuses on high-quality patient care through nursing education, nursing research, and innovations in nursing practice, with a multidisciplinary team and a diverse patient population. The nurse responds to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs; respects each person’s worth and perspective; engages families and caregivers; supports shared problem-solving; listens attentively; and helps create a private, safe, confidential, and tranquil healing environment. This is a full-time night position at Texas Health Dallas, with 36 hours weekly from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Weekend and holiday work is required. The employee must attend orientation and training at the corporate office in Arlington from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the first 1–5 days of hire. The position offers self-scheduling, educational and career growth opportunities, and a supportive team environment.

Requirements

Nursing diploma or Associate’s degree in Nursing required; Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.
One year of experience as a registered nurse or completion of an RN residency program required.
One year of ICU experience strongly preferred.
Texas RN – Registered Nurse license required upon hire.
BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support required before providing independent patient care and must be maintained quarterly.
ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support required within 90 days of hire.
NRP – Essential Neonatal Resuscitation Program required within 90 days of hire for staff floating to areas where they will deliver care to and resuscitate neonates.
NRPA – Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program required within 90 days of hire for staff floating to areas where they will deliver care to and resuscitate neonates.
High degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.
Must attend orientation and training at the corporate office in Arlington from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the first 1–5 days of hire.

Nice To Haves

One year of ICU experience.

Responsibilities

Respond to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs.
Honor the worth of each person through unconditional acceptance and seek to understand each patient’s frame of reference.
Engage families and caregivers in health care situations.
Help patients and families understand and address health and illness through shared problem-solving and mutually acceptable decisions.
Listen attentively and provide reliable, available, attentive reassurance.
Create care settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.
Work with a multidisciplinary team to provide life-saving care to ill patients.
Float to the Rapid Response Team Float Pool Department.