RRT Full Time Nights

Texas Health Resources•Dallas, TX

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse/RN Float Pool position serves in the ICU and Rapid Response Team, with floating to the Rapid Response Team. The nurse provides life-saving care to ill patients as part of a multidisciplinary team and cares for a diverse patient population. The role is based at Texas Health Dallas in Dallas, Texas. It is a full-time position working 36 hours per week on nights from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., with weekend and holiday requirements. The employee must attend orientation and training at the corporate office in Arlington from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the first 1–5 days of hire. The nurse responds to patients’ safety, physical, psychological, and social needs; honors each person’s worth; seeks to understand others’ perspectives; and engages families and caregivers in care. The role includes helping patients and families understand and address health and illness through shared problem-solving, listening attentively, and creating a healing environment that supports privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility. Texas Health offers self-scheduling and opportunities for educational and career growth.

Requirements

Nursing diploma or associate degree in nursing required; bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
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 before providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) required within 90 days of hire.
Essential Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) required within 90 days of hire for staff floating to areas where they will deliver care and resuscitate neonates.
Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRPA) required within 90 days of hire for staff floating to areas where they will deliver care and resuscitate neonates.
High degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

One year of ICU experience strongly preferred.
Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Respond to others’ priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological, and social needs.
Honor the worth of each person through unconditional acceptance.
Seek to understand others’ frames of reference.
Engage families and caregivers in health care situations.
Help patients and families understand and address health and illness through reciprocal, shared problem-solving and mutually acceptable decisions.
Listen attentively and be reliable, available, and reassuring.
Create a care environment that supports privacy, safety, confidentiality, and tranquility.
Provide high-quality patient care through nursing education, nursing research, and innovation in nursing practice.
Float to the Rapid Response Team as assigned.