Registered Nurse Emergency Room

About the Role

The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care tailored to the department’s specific requirements and aligned with state and specialty scope and standards. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." The RN advocates for patients, families, and caregivers while modeling the organization’s vision, mission, and values to support an unparalleled patient experience and clinical outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient pain regularly and promote effective pain management, including reassessments after interventions.
• Perform procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by medical providers.
• Document the administration of care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
• Provide exceptional care by responding promptly to patient requests and anticipating patient needs proactively.
• Teach patients, families, and caregivers about medical conditions, patient status, treatment plans, medications, and possible side effects using clear, non-technical language.
• Educate patients and families on non-medicinal follow-up measures, such as healthy diet, exercise, disease prevention, and lifestyle changes.
• Prepare patients and families for future self-management.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Associate Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification must be obtained within 30 days of employment.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS) certification must be obtained within 30 days of employment.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification must be obtained within 30 days of employment.
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification must be obtained within 30 days of employment.

Benefits

Rio Grande Regional Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. Available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Time away from work programs, such as paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

About the Organization

Rio Grande Regional Hospital in McAllen, Texas, has served the Rio Grande Valley for over 30 years. Our full-service hospital features 320+ beds and a team of 500+ physicians representing 35+ specialties. We offer a comprehensive range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services, including:

• A Level III Trauma Center Emergency Room with three remote ER locations in McAllen/Mission, Edinburg, and San Juan.
• Women’s Services, including Labor & Delivery and a 30+ bed NICU.
• A dedicated children’s hospital within our main facility.
• Partnership with the Texas Transplant Institute for organ, tissue, and stem cell transplants.

HCA Healthcare, our parent organization, has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion on charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.