Registered Nurse, PCU Neuro/Tele Full Time Days

Unravel the possibilities in your nursing career by joining a team that encourages professional advancement and growth while caring for each other like family. Looking for this type of family? Then you need to join the Neuro Cardiac Tele Progressive Care Unit (PCU) Team at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, a MAGNET facility where the Extraordinary is just our Ordinary!

Work location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75231

Work hours: Full Time Days (7A-7P) for 36 hrs./week. Weekend and holiday requirements. We are committed to work/life balance and will work with you and your schedule

Department Highlights:

• Our 35- bed Cardiac/ Neuro Intermediate Unit is a stroke designated unit that specializes in neurological, spinal surgeries and conditions that includes but not limited to seizures, strokes, cervical and lumbar discectomy/fusion

• Provides care for cardiovascular patients with conditions such Heart Failure, AMI, pre and post interventional patients (heart Cath, ablations, and pacemakers), patients needing cardiac drips, Focused collaboration with multidisciplinary team

• It is a high acuity telemetry/ PCU unit that signifies a reduced nurse to patient ratio to 3-4:1 depending on acuity

Here’s What You Need:

· Diploma of Nursing OR Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) Required

· BSN Preferred

· (1) year Stepdown, Progressive Care or Intermediate (Tele) Care RN experience or three (3) years of Medical/Surgical experience in an acute care hospital preferred

· RN must practice within the regulations of the Texas Nurse Practice Act, serve as a role model, intra/interdisciplinary collaborator, and coordinator for quality patient care.

• Texas State RN license or compact license is accepted

• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support (AHA) upon hire Required

• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support upon hire

• CPI-Crisis Prevention Intervention training within 60 days of hire is required

• BCMSN - Board Certified Medical Surgical Nurse upon hire preferred OR

• CRRN - Certified Rehabilitation Registered Nurse upon hire preferred OR

• PCCN-Progressive Care Certified Nurse is preferred not required

• SCRN - Stroke Certified Registered Nurse is preferred not required

What You Will Do:

• communicate and collaborate with all members of the health care team

• support and actively participate in shared governance/councils

• committed to developing their individual knowledge and skills, as well as advancing the profession of nursing and engaging in lifelong learning/development.

• evaluates the effectiveness of interventions

• 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.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health 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.

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Entity Highlights:

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital 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, we’ve got it. 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 Primary Stroke Care Center, a Level I Trauma Center, a Cycle IV Chest Pain 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. You belong here.

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

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