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Charge Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department - PRN Mid Shift

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Registered Nurse (RN) Charge PRN Night Shift – Emergency Department (ED) Unit for Texas Health Denton

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

Position Highlights

  • Work location: Texas Health Denton, 3000 N Interstate 35, Denton, TX 76201
  • Work Environment: Charge RN for Emergency Room
  • Work hours: PRN Mid shift

ED Department Highlights

  • Patients with critical injuries or illnesses are treated in one of our 41 Emergent Care Rooms. Next stop trauma designation!
  • Our emergency care nurses, paramedics, employees, and physicians on the medical staff receive continual training in the use of specialized lifesaving equipment and techniques.
  • Our team is like a family and work together like no other to provide compassionate care to our patients.
  • Excellent opportunities for educational and career growth including advancement opportunities in leadership.
  • State of the art emerging disease and decontamination suite that can accommodate any infectious disease that can also dual function as an inpatient room for extended stays.

Qualifications

  • Nursing Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing required; BSN preferred
  • RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire required
  • BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Upon Hire required
  • CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually 90 Days Req
  • ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support 90 Days Req And
  • TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course 12 Months Req And
  • ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course 12 Months Req Or
  • PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support 90 Days Req
  • 1 Year experience as a clinical nurse in an acute care setting required
  • 2 years experience as a clinical nurse in an acute care setting preferred
  • ED experience strongly preferred

In addition to the required qualifications, a successful Charge RN will model the eight caring factors listed below.

  • Basic Human Needs - Responds to others' priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social needs.
  • Human Respect - Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance.
  • Affiliation Needs - Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.
  • Appreciation of Unique Meanings - Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.
  • Mutual Problem Solving - Professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties.
  • Attentive Reassurance - Listens and concentrates on others. Is reliable, available and attentive.
  • Encouraging Manner - The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.
  • Healing Environment - The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility.

Role

The Charge Nurse role will support and actively participate in shared governance/councils which is Texas Health’s structure for decision making. This role directly assists leadership on a particular unit or units and shift, by offering staff guidance and support, maintaining a clean and safe work environment and ensuring unit operational tasks are completed. Individuals in this role will demonstrate:

  • A commitment to developing their individual knowledge and skills, as well as advancing the profession of nursing and engaging in lifelong learning/development.
  • Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.
  • An understanding of how to anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level; ability to apply this understanding appropriately to diverse situations.
  • Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
  • Knowledge of successful approaches, tools, and techniques for dealing with changes and adapting to a changing environment; ability to adapt as needed
  • Demonstrate a high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment. Maintain a positive, customer-focused attitude toward patients
  • A strong work ethic and always display a high level of professionalism

Texas Health Denton is a 255-bed, full-service hospital providing convenient care to people across North Texas and Southern Oklahoma since 1987. With more than 1,100 employees and 450 physicians on our medical staff we’re one of Denton County’s largest employers.

We specialize in Cancer Care, Neck & Back Program, Critical Care, Neonatology, CT Cardiac Imaging, Neurology, Electrophysiology, Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, Emergency Care, Robotic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Stroke Care, General Surgery, Weight Loss Surgery, Heart & Vascular Services, Women & Infants Care, Interventional Radiology and Wound Care & Hyperbaric Treatment.

Texas Health Denton is a Joint Commission-accredited Primary (Level II) Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center, a Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and a Magnet® designated hospital.

Our four-story specialty center for women and infants features 12 labor and delivery beds, 2 C-section suites along with 6 antepartum and 24 postpartum beds. Texas Health Denton is the city’s only provider of obstetrical and neonatal intensive care services and is the largest provider of obstetrical services in Denton County. The ground floor houses a breast imaging center, outpatient physical therapy, cardiac rehabilitation and an internal medicine residency program.

Additional Perks Of Being a Texas Health Nurse

  • Benefits for PRN employees include 401k, Employee Assistance Program EAP and Tobacco Cessation program.
  • 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.

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