Senior Registered Nurse - Acute Care General Medicine

Responsibilities

• Serves as a patient advocate, by focusing on patient needs, patient rights, confidentiality, and religious and cultural preferences.
• Maintains positive working relationships with all Parkland internal and external customers, employees, etc.
• Serves as a resource for patients and other healthcare team members.
• Provides patient care educational information and training to patient and family members.
• May serve as a resource for specific clinical patient care issues.
• May participate in community outreach activities (such as health fairs, community collaborations or outreach clinics) as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Must have two years of nursing experience.
• Prefer experience in an acute care setting.

Qualifications

• Must have a current, valid RN license or temporary RN license from the Texas Board of Nursing, or a valid Compact RN license.
• Must have current healthcare provider BLS for Healthcare Providers certification from one of the following: American Heart Association, American Red Cross, Military Training Network.

Skills or Special Abilities

• Provides care to the assigned patient population in accordance with the current State of Texas Nurse Practice Act, established protocols, multidisciplinary plan of care, and clinical area-specific standards.
• Provides continuous assessment, consults with other team members as required, and provides nursing care that demonstrates patient-centered/patient-valued care.
• Exercises independent judgment in providing nursing care.
• Communicates effectively with patients, families, and hospital staff in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• May be required to communicate effectively, via the overhead paging system.
• Prepares and conducts in-service educational programs.
• Stays abreast of the latest developments, advancements and trends in nursing practice by attending seminars/workshops, reading professional journals and actively participating in professional organizations.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The position is a DAY SHIFT full-time position.