RN Registered Nurse GYN/Antepartum Full-time Days

Texas Health Resources•Fort Worth, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health is hiring a full-time Registered Nurse for the GYN/Antepartum department at Texas Health Fort Worth, located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Fort Worth, Texas. The Women’s Center is a MAGNET and Texas 10-Step facility and is designated Maternal Level IV. The role is on the day shift, 6:45 a.m. to 7:15 p.m., for 36 hours per week, with weekend and holiday requirements. The 27-bed Women’s Services unit combines GYN, high-risk antepartum, breast surgery, and postpartum care. The nurse cares for GYN and postsurgical patients, including patients undergoing hysterectomies and breast surgeries, as well as postpartum patients whose babies are in the NICU and antepartum patients at all gestational levels. The position offers self-scheduling, educational and career growth opportunities, an engaged leadership team, and a robust Unit Based Council.

Requirements

Associate degree from an accredited nursing program or a nursing diploma.
Comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency (CLIAFE).
Registered Nurse (RN) license upon hire.
One year of RN experience or completion of an RN residency program.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) before providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) within 90 days.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
One or more years of GYN, antepartum, or Women’s Services RN experience.
Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) knowledge and experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care using the nursing process.
Assess patients.
Plan patient care.
Intervene as appropriate.
Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions.
Incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures into patient care.
Initiate action to meet patients’ and significant others’ information needs.
Maintain continuity of patient care between shifts and hospitals, and while expediting out-of-hospital transfers.