Registered Nurse (RN) Med/Surg Ortho Plastics Dept - Days

Registered Nurse (RN) Ortho Plastics

Bring your passion to Texas Health where we are Better + Together

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

Work hours: Full-time, 36 hours weekly, 3-12 hours shifts, 7:00 am – 7:00 pm rotating weekends and holidays

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
• 36-bed Ortho/Plastics Unit
• The post-surgical team provides care to the patient population with ortho and plastic surgeries, hip fractures, elective hip and knee surgeries, flaps, graphs, reconstructive plastic hip fractures, single fractures, 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.
• MAGNET facility
• Level I Trauma Center

Here's What You Need

• Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program or Diploma of Nursing. BSN preferred
• 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
• CPI – Crisis Prevention Intervention Training within 90 days of hire
• 1-year experience as a registered nurse required or completion of an RN Residency program required.
• Previous Med/surg RN or ER 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.

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