Registered Nurse/RN – Med Surg Full Time Nights

Texas Health Resources•Rockwall, TX

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health is hiring a Registered Nurse II for the Med Surg department at Texas Health Rockwall. This full-time position is scheduled for 36 hours per week on nights, working three 12-hour shifts from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The schedule includes every other weekend and two major and two minor holidays. There is no call, and nurses may self-schedule. New hires must attend training at the corporate office in Arlington from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the first 1–5 days of employment. The Med Surg department offers a supportive team environment, unit-based councils that empower nurses to shape their work environment, and new and advanced equipment and technology. Nurses provide patient care through nursing education, research, and innovations in nursing practice, with a focus on patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs; respect; understanding; family and caregiver involvement; shared problem-solving; attentive reassurance; and a healing environment that provides privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility. Texas Health Rockwall is a 105-bed acute-care hospital serving Rockwall, Kaufman, Hunt, and surrounding counties. Its services include medical and surgical care, a Level 2 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, labor and delivery, cardiac catheterization, interventional radiology, surgery, emergency and intensive care, women's imaging, a breast center, a bariatric clinic, an ambulatory surgery center, and physician practices.

Requirements

Nursing diploma or associate degree in nursing required.
One year of experience as a registered nurse or completion of an RN residency program required.
Texas Registered Nurse license required upon hire.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required upon hire, before providing independent patient care, and maintained quarterly.
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) training required within 90 days of hire and maintained annually.
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.
Must be able to attend 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

Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
Med Surg experience preferred.
Telemetry experience helpful.

Responsibilities

Respond to patients’ priorities regarding safety and physical, psychological, and social needs.
Honor the worth of each person through unconditional acceptance.
Seek to understand others’ frames of reference.
Engage family members and caregivers in healthcare situations.
Help patients and families understand and address health and illness through reciprocal, shared problem-solving and mutually acceptable decisions.
Listen and concentrate on others, and be reliable, available, and attentive.
Create a healing environment that provides privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.
Deliver high-quality patient care through nursing education, nursing research, and innovations in nursing practice.