Registered Nurse RN LTAC - Long Term Acute Care

Company: Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth
Location: Fort Worth
Posted on: January 27, 2023

Job Description:

Registered Nurse RN LTACFast-paced, high volume LTAC department is looking for top skilled nurses. Is that you?

Work location: Texas Health Specialty 1304 Pennsylvania Ave. Fort Worth TX 76104

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

Department highlights:

* Self-Scheduling that helps with work/life balance as well as opportunities for educational and career growth
* Robust Unit Based Council (UBC) and engaged leadership team
* 10-bed, long term acute care hospital, located within Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth, offers an environment for you to use your clinical expertise to provide individualized and holistic care for patients with intensive nursing needs.
* We care for those with medically complex cases such as:
* Ventilator-dependent patients with rehabilitation potential
* Multiple trauma patients
* Patients with complex wound care
* Multisystem failure patients
* Low nurse-to-patient ratio in order to impact the progress of our patient's health over our average 25-day length of stay. You really make a difference in your patient's quality of life.

Here's What You Need

* Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program or Nursing Diploma Required
* BSN preferred
* One-year experience as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.
* Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire
* BCLS - prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly
* ACLS - within 90 days of hire
* 1-year experience as a clinical nurse or completion of an RN residency program required
* LTAC, Critical care or Progressive Care experience preferred

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. #cb # #LI-CR1

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