Trauma Clinician (RN) - Trauma (Full Time/Days)

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Trauma Clinician (RN) - Trauma

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

Work location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Ln. Dallas, TX 75231- Trauma Administration

Work hours: Full-time: 40 hours per week

• Four 10-hour shifts (Monday to Friday: 7am – 5pm) with
• One weekend per month (Friday, Saturday, Sunday: 1:00pm – 1:00am)
  
  

Trauma Department Highlights

• The potential for high job satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment from making a difference in patients’ lives
• Work life balance as well as opportunities for educational and professional growth opportunities
• Working with a multi-disciplinary team
• The opportunity to work with a diverse patient population
  
  

Here’s What You Need

• Associate's Degree Nursing Required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred
• 3 Years Three years in Trauma/Surgical Intensive Care and/or Emergency Department related experience Required
• Progressive leadership responsibility Preferred
• RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required And
• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required And
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support 90 Days Required And
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support 90 Days Required Or
• ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course Upon Hire Required And
• TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course Upon Hire Required Or
• ATCN - Advanced Trauma Care Nurse Upon Hire Required
  
  

What You Will Do

• Quality/Performance Improvement: Collaborates with Leadership, 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. Ascribes to the American College of Surgeon (ACS) philosophy to obtain adequate data to initiate and implement, performance improvement process to meet standard of trauma care.
• Engages staff to promote evidence based practices within the unit. Monitors key performance indicators (KPI’s) and regulatory requirements for compliance.
• Provides bedside leadership and clinical expertise to improve quality of patient care.
• Provides safe direct patient care in coordination with other staff when unit activity dictates.
• Provide guidance in emergency or complex situations.
• Use appropriate methodology consistently for communication handoffs.
• Evaluates the outcome of patient care, consults with others on the patient care team, and adjusts nursing care processes as needed to improve outcomes.
• Manages and monitors patient and staff safety initiatives and outcomes.
• Performs pro-active risk assessments to identify potential issues.
• Models the use of High Reliability Organization (HRO) tools in everyday practice and situations and encourages staff do the same.
• Assists with development and serves as a resource to others for new system and entity based initiatives. Support ongoing sustainment of these changes.
• Integrate the ACS guidelines for trauma patient care into the continuum of patient care.
• Coordinate efforts in the progressive growth of the trauma program with input into guideline development.
• Identify trauma patients, respond to trauma activations, and participate in patient rounds and performance improvement process as indicated.
• Apply knowledge of ACS guidelines to data maintenance/monitoring and performance improvement process.
  
  

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Trauma Clinician

• 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.
  
  

Entity Highlights

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is one of North Texas's most established hospitals. As an 875 bed, full service hospital, we've served the Dallas community and surrounding areas including Lakewood, White Rock, and Highland Park since 1966 with a commitment to high quality, compassionate care.

We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women's services, and emergency medicine. Our hospital is home to a renowned Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. We also offer a wide range of outpatient services, including surgery, wellness programs, and advanced women's imaging. Our Women's Robotic Surgery program holds accreditation as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), reflecting our commitment to innovation in women's health and patient safety in surgery.

Texas Health Dallas is a Joint Commission certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, Level I Trauma Center, and Comprehensive Heart Attack Center. We are proud to be a designated Magnet hospital and a top choice in North Texas for cancer treatment, emergency services, cardiac care, and bariatric surgery.

If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together!

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Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org