Registered Nurse / RN - Operating Room - Full Time, Days

Texas Health•Denton, TX

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Texas Health Denton is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Operating Room. This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week position on the day shift, 6:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with rotating days and required call. The role is based at Texas Health Denton in Denton, Texas. The nurse provides patient-centered care, responding to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs; respecting each person’s worth and perspective; and involving families and caregivers in care. The role includes listening attentively, offering supportive reassurance, helping patients and families understand health and illness and participate in decisions, and creating a safe, private, confidential, and tranquil healing environment. Teamwork is central to the department’s lean-principles approach. The department describes its environment as team-based, with engaged management and opportunities for professional growth. Texas Health highlights nursing education, research, and innovation in practice, as well as a strong Unit Based Council and supportive team environment.

Requirements

Nursing diploma or associate degree in nursing required; bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
One year of registered nurse experience or completion of an RN residency program 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

One year of operating room experience highly preferred.
Previous neuro/spine experience highly preferred.
Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs.
Honor the worth of patients through unconditional acceptance and seek to understand their perspectives.
Engage families and caregivers in healthcare situations.
Help patients and families understand and confront health and illness through shared problem-solving and mutually acceptable decisions.
Listen attentively and provide reliable, available, and attentive reassurance.
Communicate in a supportive, open, positive, and tolerant manner.
Create healing environments that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.
Work collaboratively as part of the care team.