Registered Nurse (RN)Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)--PRN Days

Registered Nurse (RN)Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)

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

WORK LOCATION: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas, TX 75231

WORK HOURS: PRN II Days. Requires 3 shifts every 6 weeks with weekend and holiday requirements

CVICU Department Highlights:

• The CVICU is a 30-bed intensive care unit that specializes in advanced Cardiac and Vascular surgical procedures.
• Our ICU units are located in the Hamon Tower, the largest expansion in the hospital's history, which opened in 2009.
• Our board-certified critical care physicians directly oversee patient care in the ICU throughout the day. Providers are on the unit 24 hours a day.
• Critical care nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants all trained in critical care medicine work collaboratively to provide care in the ICU.
• The staffing is dependent by acuity, normally a 2:1 ratio

Qualifications

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED:

• Diploma of Nursing OR Associate degree in Nursing (ADN) required; BSN preferred.
• One-year critical care nursing experience, or completion of an RN residency required
• Cardiac ICU experience strongly preferred including open-heart surgery recovery, IABP, Impella, CRRT, and bedside ECMO management.
• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support Upon Hire Required (Expiration date greater than 3 months preferred)
• CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually within 90 Days Required

HERE'S WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process
• Assess the patient
• Plan the care of the patient
• Intervene as appropriate
• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions
• Incorporate age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.
• Initiate action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information
• Maintain continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.

ADDITIONAL PERKS OF BEING A TEXAS HEALTH EMPLOYEE:

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment programs 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.

MORE ABOUT TEXAS HEALTH DALLAS:

For more than a half-century, Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We're an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966. We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women's services and emergency medicine. Plus, we're a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services, outpatient surgery and women's imaging services. Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I Trauma Center, a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center and a designated Magnet hospital. We're a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services, bariatric services, cardiac care and much more