Registered Nurse / RN - PreOp PostOp - PRN, Days
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides preoperative and postoperative care at Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital. The role centers on responding to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs; respecting each person’s worth and perspective; involving families and caregivers; and helping patients and families understand and make decisions about health and illness. The nurse listens attentively, offers reliable and supportive reassurance, and helps create a private, safe, confidential, and tranquil healing environment. The position works as part of a collaborative, team-based cardiac-care environment. This is a PRN role scheduled for six shifts per six-week schedule period. The day shift runs from 6:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.; there is no call and no weekend work. The department focuses on heart and vascular surgeries and offers growth opportunities within a tenured, family-oriented team.
Requirements
- Nursing diploma or Associate's Degree in Nursing required; Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
- Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign equivalency.
- One year of experience as a Registered Nurse required.
- Registered Nurse (RN) license required upon hire.
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required before providing independent patient care and must be maintained quarterly.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 90 days.
Nice To Haves
- Previous Pre/Post Op Cath Lab experience preferred.
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred.
Responsibilities
- Respond to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs.
- Honor the worth of each person through unconditional acceptance.
- Seek to understand each patient’s frame of reference.
- Engage families and caregivers in healthcare situations.
- Help patients and families understand and address health and illness through shared problem-solving and acceptable decisions.
- Listen attentively and be reliable, available, and attentive to others.
- Communicate in a supportive, open, positive, and tolerant manner.
- Create a healing environment that provides privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.
- Work collaboratively with the care team.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Discount programs
- Other benefits are mentioned but not specified.
- Growth opportunities within the unit.
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Education Level
Associate degree
