Registered Nurse Emergency Room

HCA Healthcare•Plano, TX

About The Position

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with the department’s specific requirements and the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. In collaboration with medical providers and other care-team members, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN advocates for patients, families, and caregivers and supports the organization’s vision, mission, and values to promote patient experience, clinical outcomes, and departmental performance. The role includes assessing and managing pain, performing ordered procedures and monitoring, documenting care, responding promptly to patient requests, anticipating needs, and educating patients and caregivers about conditions, treatment, medications, follow-up, and self-management. The position is with Medical City Plano, an acute-care hospital in Plano, Texas. The hospital describes itself as a 600+ bed facility with more than 2,000 employees and over 1,400 physicians on staff.

Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN) qualification.
Associate degree.
At least 1 year of prior RN Emergency Room experience.
Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course certification must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date.
Trauma Nursing Core Course certification must be obtained within 1 year of employment start date.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), or ACLS Instructor, must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS), or BCLS Instructor, must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support, or PALS Instructor, must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.

Responsibilities

Coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered, individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care.
Collaborate with medical providers and other members of the care team.
Advocate for patients, families, and caregivers.
Assess patient pain regularly and reassess after appropriate interventions.
Perform procedures, monitoring, and other functions as ordered by medical providers.
Document care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
Respond promptly to patient requests, anticipate patient needs, and resolve them proactively.
Teach patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, status, treatment plans, medications and possible side effects, and follow-up measures.
Explain complex medical terminology to support patient and caregiver understanding.
Teach non-medicinal follow-up measures such as healthy diet and exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
Prepare patients and families or caregivers for future self-management.

Benefits

Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine coverage.
Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
Flexible spending accounts.
Preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.