RN CHARGE - Medical Surgical Telemetry - Nights - Kaufman, TX - Med Surg / Telemetry
Company: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Kaufman
Location: Kaufman
Posted on: September 21, 2023
Job Description:
RN CHARGE - Medical Surgical Telemetry - Nights - Kaufman,
TXCharge Registered Nurse (RN) - Medical Surgical/Tele - Full Time
- Nights - Great Learning Opportunities and Great Benefits! -- Are
you looking for a rewarding career and a tight-knit nursing team?
We're looking for qualified Registered Nurse like you to join our
Texas Health family. -- Position Highlights: Work location: Texas
Health Kaufman, 850 Ed Hall Drive Kaufman, TX 75142 -- Work
environment:-- - Medical Surgical/Tele - Come join Texas Health
Kaufman as a Registered Nurse! As a Registered Nurse you will be
working in our 29-34 bed unit for patients in Medical Surgical,
Telemetry, Orthopedic and General Surgery. Our unit truly is a
family with 18 nurse, 8 PCTS and 4 monitor technicians. As a
Registered Nurse at Texas Health Kaufman you have opportunities for
shared governance, NCAP, certification bonuses, tuition
reimbursement, self-scheduling and much, much more! We can't wait
for you to join! -- Work hours:-- Full Time - Days - 6:45 PM-7:15
AM 36 hours/week -- Entity Information: Texas Health Presbyterian
Hospital Kaufman is a 91-bed acute-care, full-service hospital
serving Kaufman and Henderson counties and southern Dallas County
since 1979. Hospital services include women's care, cardiac
rehabilitation, wound care and diagnostic and imaging services.
Texas Health Kaufman was recently recognized as a Pathway to
Excellence-- hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center
and is a Level IV Trauma Center. Our location, 35 miles southeast
of downtown Dallas, brings all the perks of country living to your
lifestyle and puts the city's best features within convenient
reach. Position Qualifications--
- Associate's Degree--Nursing required----
- BSN (preferred)--
- 1--Year--of--experience as a clinical nurse--in an acute care
setting required--
- 2 years of--experience as a clinical nurse in--an acute care
setting preferred--
- RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire (Required)----
- BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support Upon Hire (Required)----
Position Responsibilities--Texas Health's--nursing theory is the
Quality Caring Model developed by Dr. Joanne Duffy. A nursing
theory has principles that underlie the art of nursing and drive
the science behind our practice. The eight caring factors listed
below must be demonstrated by all nurses, and charge nurses must
model this behavior consistently.-- -- 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.-- -- Additional Job
Responsibilities-- The Charge Nurse role will communicate and
collaborate with all members of the health care team. Valuing
diversity, equity, and inclusion is a key strategy of teamwork at
Texas Health.-- -- Shared Decision Making: The Charge Nurse role
will support and actively participate in shared governance/councils
which is Texas Health's structure for decision making.-- --
Professional Development: The Charge Nurse role will be committed
to developing their individual knowledge and skills, as well as
advancing the profession of nursing and engaging in lifelong
learning/development.-- -- 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:-- Quality Management - Knowledge of
quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to
create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of
the organization.-- Conflict Management - 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.-- Decision Making and Critical Thinking - Knowledge of
the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques;
ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive
decisions based on informed judgment.-- Flexibility and
Adaptability - Knowledge of successful approaches, tools, and
techniques for dealing with changes and adapting to a changing
environment; ability to adapt as needed.-- Delegation -
Understanding of the need to effectively delegate tasks to others
and the ability to empower and motivate associates to take over
tasks and responsibilities to accomplish results for which the
manager maintains ultimate accountability.-- Customer Interaction -
Knowledge of the principles and techniques of communicating with a
customer; ability to utilize practices, tools, and techniques for
customer interaction.-- Patient Safety - Knowledge of and
experience with tools, techniques and practices for ensuring a safe
and harm-free environment for patients; ability to recognize risks
and take steps to minimize them.-- Care Coordination - Knowledge of
the medical, social, economic, and other services provided by other
departments or facilities, and the ability to integrate these
multidisciplinary treatments for optimal patient care.-- Clinical
Policies and Standards - Knowledge of all clinical standards and
policies set for a healthcare environment; ability to use industry
standards, policies and procedures in the processes of clinical
practice.-- Patient Rights - Knowledge of principles and practices
associated with the rights and responsibilities of patients and
caregivers; ability to apply these theories to identify, report,
deal with and prevent patient rights violations.-- -- Why Texas
Health--As--a Texas Health RN you'll enjoy top-notch benefits
including 401(k) with match, paid time off, competitive health
insurance choices, healthcare and dependent care spending account
options, wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy,
tuition reimbursement, a student loan repayment program and
more.---- At Texas Health, our people make this a great place to
work every day. Our inclusive, supportive, excellence-driven
culture make Texas Health a place you'll love to call home.----
Here are a few of our recent awards:--
- 2021 FORTUNE Magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For--" (7th
year in a row)--
- Becker's Healthcare "150 Great Places to Work in Healthcare" (4
years running)--
- "America's Best Employers for Diversity" list by Forbes--
- A "100 Best Workplaces for Millennials" by Fortune and Great
Place to Work------ Additional perks of being a Texas Health
Nurse----
- Unlimited access to online continuing education for
professional and career development.--Plus--an RN Step Program
including NCAP and a nursing certification test-prep content for
specialty nurses.--
- A Nursing Excellence Advisory Board to provide the framework
and methodology for funding projects to improve the quality of
patient care through nursing education, nursing research and
innovations in nursing practice.--
- A strong shared governance structure featuring unit-based
councils that empower nurses to shape their work
environment.--
- A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities
for growth.-- Explore our----for info like--,--, recent----we've
won and more.---- Do you still have questions or concerns?--Feel
free to email your questions to--.--
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