Charge Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery - Full-Time, Evenings

Charge Registered Nurse (RN) - Surgery - Full-Time, Evenings

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

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

Work Schedule: Full-Time (36 Hours/Week) Shift: Evening Shift Four 10-hour shifts per week, 12:30 PM 11:00 PM

Department Highlights:

• Robust Unit Based Council (UBC) and engaged leadership team
• Fast-paced, high-volume department averaging 75 surgeries/day
• Level I Trauma Candidate performing high-acuity and intense surgical procedures capable of providing excellent clinical experience to the new hire.
• Robotics, complex spine and ortho trauma, and intricate plastic surgery cases are the highlight of surgical offerings at THFW

Qualifications

Here's What You Need

Education

• Nursing Diploma Required or
• Associate's Degree in Nursing Required or
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Preferred

Experience

• 1 Year Experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting Required
• 2 Years Experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting Preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Current RN licensure Upon Hire Required
• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required
• ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 Days of Hire Required

What You Will Do

Quality/Performance Improvement: Collaborates with Leadership, UBC, and appropriate team members to establish, implement, and monitor department policies/procedures, facilitate unit goals, evaluate and individualize patient care and provide direction to staff to promote quality outcomes.

Shared decision making: This role provides bedside leadership on a particular unit or units and shift, coordinating patient flow, patient care and assignments. Responsible for assisting the manager/director with human resource management to include evaluations, coaching, mentoring, recruitment, retention, education and orientation. Works with manager/director to control costs and manage department budget and productivity.

Patient and Family Centered Care: Effectively communicates with patients, families and other healthcare team members by incorporating the 8 caring factors in the Quality Caring Model which include: basic human needs, human respect, encouraging manner, affiliation needs, mutual problem solving, healing environment, attentive reassurance and appreciation of unique meaning.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Charge Nurse:

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness 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.

Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.

Entity Highlights: Texas Health Fort Worth is an 851-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital that has served the Fort Worth community since 1930. We offer advanced care in cardiovascular services, high-risk obstetrics, gynecology, neurosciences, sports medicine, and emergency medicine. Our hospital also features certified programs in Advanced Hip and Knee Replacement, Brain Tumor Treatment, Advanced Spine Care, and Advanced Palliative Care. We are also home to a kidney transplant program that underscores our high-acuity capabilities, and we support Graduate Medical Education (GME) to help train the next generation of physicians. Texas Health Fort Worth is Joint Commission-certified as a Comprehensive Cardiac Center, a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and a Level I Trauma Center. We are also a designated Magnet hospital and recognized as the Best Place to Have a Baby in Tarrant County. Texas Health Fort Worth continues to be a top choice in North Texas for emergency services, women's health, cardiac care, and more.