Registered Nurse - PACU - Post Anesthetic Care

Company: Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: January 25, 2023

Job Description:

Registered NurseRegistered Nurse (RN) Surgical Unit

Texas Health Resources is looking for top skilled nurses. Is that you?

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Work location: Texas Health Fort Worth, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104

Work hours: Full Time Days (7P-7A) for 36 hrs/week. Weekend and holiday requirements

Work environment: Post surgical unit-hip fractures, head injuries, chest tubes, trachs, pelvic and femur fractures. This is a great opportunity to increase your skills and make a difference in the lives of the community we serve.

Here's What You Need

* Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program
* BSN preferred
* One-year experience as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.
* One year of Emergency experience strongly preferred
* RN must practice within the regulations of the Texas Nurse Practice Act, serve as a role model, intra/interdisciplinary collaborator and coordinator for quality patient care

What You Will Do

Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process

* Assesses the patient
* Plans the care of the patient
* Intervenes as appropriate
* Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions
* Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.
* Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information
* Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Nurse

* Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
* Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
* Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
* A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
* Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we've won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

Qualifications

* Associates Degree in Nursing (required)
* BSN preferred
* Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire (required)
* Current BLS (required) - expiration date greater than 3 months preferred.
* CPI training within 60 days of hire (required)
* One (1) year experience as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program (required)

In addition to the required qualifications, a successful RN will have

* 2+ years experience as an Med/surg RN including charge /preceptor skills (preferred)
* Current RN experience in Tele/PCU or Trauma (preferred)
* NICHE -Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (preferred)

Why Texas Health

As a Texas Health RN you'll enjoy top-notch benefits including 401(k) with match, paid time off, competitive health insurance choices, healthcare and dependent care spending account options, wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy, tuition reimbursement, a student loan repayment program and more.

At Texas Health, our people make this a great place to work every day. Our inclusive, supportive, excellence-driven culture make Texas Health a place you'll love to call home.

Here are a few of our recent awards:

* 2021 FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For--" (7th year in a row)
* Becker's Healthcare "150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare" (4 years running)
* "America's Best Employers for Diversity" list by Forbes
* A "100 Best Workplaces for Millennials" by Fortune and Great Place to Work--

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Nurse

* Unlimited access to online continuing education for professional and career development. Plus an RN Step Program including NCAP and a nursing certification test-prep content for specialty nurses.
* A Nursing Excellence Advisory Board to provide the framework and methodology for funding projects to improve the quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
* A strong shared governance structure featuring unit-based councils that empower nurses to shape their work environment.
* A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we've won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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