Registered Nurse Free Standing Emergency Room PRN

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse at Rio Grande Regional Hospital, you’ll have all the staffing support, technology, and resources you need to deliver safe, high-quality care. The RN coordinates and delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in accordance with the nature and specific requirements of the department, consistent with the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. In collaboration with medical providers and other members of the care team, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as “Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.” The RN serves as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers while modeling a commitment to the organization’s vision, mission, and values.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient pain regularly to promote effective pain management, including reassessments after appropriate intervention.
• Perform procedures, monitoring, or other functions as ordered by medical provider(s).
• Document the administration of care in the patient medical record in a timely and thorough manner.
• Respond promptly to patient requests and strive to anticipate patient needs proactively.
• Teach patients, families, and caregivers about patient medical conditions, status, treatment plans, medications, possible side effects, and follow-up measures, translating complex medical terminology for complete understanding.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about 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 (must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date).
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date).
• Trauma Nursing Core Course (must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date).
• Emergency Nurse Pediatric Course or PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support (must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date).

Benefits

Rio Grande Regional Hospital offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The 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 for 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 been serving the Rio Grande Valley for more than 30 years. Our full-service hospital has 320+ beds and a team of more than 500 physicians representing 35+ specialties. We offer a full range of inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services, including:

• A Level III Trauma Center Emergency Room with three remote ERs 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, or 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 in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.