Job Details:
Level: Entry, Job Location: El Paso Childrens Hospital - El Paso, TX, Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: 2 Year Degree, Salary Range: Undisclosed, Job Shift: Night, Job Category: Nurse, Supervises and coordinates unit operations/activities on a specific shift to ensure quality patient care and optimal operational efficiency that ensures continuity of care. Maintains authority for resource allocation. Assists Nurse Manager/Clinical Coordinator in the management of patient care administered by other members of the nursing staff. Supervises the work of RNs, and non-licensed members of the nursing staff.
Qualifications: Work Experience
- One or more years of hospital based acute care experience.
License/Registration/Certification
- CPR Training Program for licensed nurses working with adult and pediatric patient populations.
- CPR training not required for licensed nurses working in Specialty Care Nurseries.
- NRP required for licensed nurses working in Specialty Care Nurseries.
- Current RN License to practice in the State of Texas.
Please Note: RN PRN candidates, whether internal or external candidates, must have certifications noted in the table below by department at the start of assignment/employment.
Certification by Unit
- PICU
- Upon Hire: X
- Obtained within 6 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 12 months from Date of Hire:
- Obtained within 18 months from Date of Hire: X
- Pediatrics
- Upon Hire: X
- Obtained within 6 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 12 months from Date of Hire:
- Obtained within 18 months from Date of Hire: X
- IMCU
- Upon Hire: X
- Obtained within 6 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 12 months from Date of Hire:
- Obtained within 18 months from Date of Hire: X
- Hematology/Oncology
- Upon Hire: X
- Obtained within 6 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 12 months from Date of Hire:
- Obtained within 18 months from Date of Hire: X
- NICU
- Upon Hire: X
- Obtained within 6 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 12 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 18 months from Date of Hire: X
- Perioperative Services
- Upon Hire: X
- Obtained within 6 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 12 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 18 months from Date of Hire: X
- Emergency Dept
- Upon Hire: X
- Obtained within 6 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 12 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 18 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 6 months from Date of Hire (NRP): X*
- Obtained within 12 months from Date of Hire (NRP): X*
- Nurse Imaging
- Upon Hire: X
- Obtained within 6 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 12 months from Date of Hire: X
- Obtained within 18 months from Date of Hire: X
* For Emergency Dept. RNs, in addition to above, NRP is required within 12 months and STABLE within 18 months from Date of Hire.
Education and Training
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing. Associate Degree in Nursing.
- Meets unit-specific education requirements.
Skills
- Possesses critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- Possesses effective oral and written communication skills.
- Possesses effective interpersonal relationship skills.
- Ability to utilize computers for documentation purposes.
- Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
- Ability to read and comprehend English at a level necessary to follow written and oral instructions and safety precautions.