Registered Nurse (RN) – Emergency Room (ED) – PRN III- Nights Shifts

Texas Health • Denton, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) works in the Emergency Room at Texas Health Denton on the night shift. The role delivers patient care using the Nursing Process, including assessing patients, planning and providing care, and evaluating the effectiveness of interventions. Nurses incorporate age-specific safety and infection-control measures, address patients’ and significant others’ information needs, and maintain continuity of care across shifts and hospitals, including during transfers out of the hospital.

The Emergency Department treats patients with critical injuries and illnesses in 41 Emergent Care Rooms. The team receives continual training in specialized lifesaving equipment and techniques and works together to provide compassionate care. The department includes an emerging-disease and decontamination suite that can also function as an inpatient room for extended stays.

This is a PRN III position with a schedule of six shifts per six weeks, including two weekend shifts per six weeks and one major and two minor holiday shifts. Texas Health Denton is a 255-bed, full-service hospital and a Joint Commission-accredited Primary (Level II) Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center, as well as a Magnet-designated hospital.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma required.
• Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency.
• Current RN licensure upon hire.
• BCLS (Basic Cardiac Life Support) required before providing independent patient care and must be maintained quarterly.
• ACLS required within 90 days of hire.
• CPI (Crisis Prevention Intervention Training) required within 90 days of hire.
• ENPC (Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course) required within 12 months.
• TNCC (Trauma Nursing Core Course) required within 12 months.
• PALS required within 90 days of hire.
• At least 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• 2 years of RN experience preferred.
• 1 year of Emergency Department or Critical Care experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver care to patients utilizing 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’ need for information.
• Maintain continuity of patient care between shifts and hospitals, and while expediting transfers out of the hospital.

Benefits

• 401(k).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Discount programs.
• Other benefits are available, but not specified.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree