MedSurg/Tele Registered Nurse FT Days

Tenet Healthcare; Sunnyvale (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Sunnyvale is seeking a registered nurse to work independently and provide direct patient care. You will utilize the nursing process to ensure developmentally appropriate care for patients and families.

Collaboration with physicians and healthcare professionals will help create a comprehensive plan of care. Responsibilities include overseeing care delivered by the patient care team, documenting encounters, and ensuring PHI protection and infection prevention.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing and Texas RN license.
• Implements nursing process to deliver patient care and ensure safety and quality.
• Collaborates with physicians and team to develop comprehensive care plans.
• Demonstrates clinical judgment and adherence to evidence-based guidelines.
• Maintains PHI privacy and infection control practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care independently using the nursing process.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals to create and implement care plans.
• Oversee care delivered by patient care team and coordinate plan of care.
• Document patient encounters accurately and maintain PHI security.
• Adhere to infection prevention practices and ensure patient safety.

Skills

Nursing process

Patient care coordination

Clinical judgment

Communication

Infection control

Education

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Texas RN license

Tools

AHA BLS Certification

AHA ACLS Certification

EKG course

Job description

Job Summary

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Sunnyvale is seeking a registered nurse work independently and provide direct patient care. You will utilize the nursing process to ensure that you are delivering developmentally appropriate care to my patients. You will also collaborate with other healthcare professionals to create a comprehensive plan of care that meets the needs of my patients and their families.

Qualifications:

• Requires in-depth professional knowledge and practical/applied expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines within the broader professional field
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; demonstrates awareness of the industry, including regulatory, evolving customer demands.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
• Solves complex problems and takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
• Impacts a range of customer, operational, project or service activities within own team and other related teams; works within broad guidelines and policies
• Works independently, receives minimal guidance
• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus
• Oversees care delivered by patient care team; coordinates plan of care
• Accountable that patient care meets standards of safety, effectiveness, patient rights and guest relations.
• Responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating and coordinating patient care. Uses clinical judgment based on nursing skills acquired through formal and informal experiential knowledge and evidence based guidelines to globally assess the patient's situation and through critical thinking and clinical decision making, develop an appropriate plan of care for the patient, with the aim of promoting comfort.
• Provides education and facilitates learning for patients, families, and patient care team in a way that demonstrates a sensitivity to recognize, appreciate, and incorporate differences related to diversity
• Collaborates with physicians, families and other healthcare professionals to assist in developing and implementing an appropriate plan of care in a way that promotes/encourages each person's contributions towards achieving the best patient outcomes.
• Advocates for the patient, represents the concerns of the patient/family and identifies and assists in resolving ethical and clinical concerns
• Accurately & thoroughly document all patient encounters.
• Ensure that Patient Health Information (PHI) is protected and secured at all times.
• Adhere to all infection prevention initiatives (i.e., hand hygiene, proper disposal of waste, etc.)
• Deliver competent and skilled care to patients and families according to their identified needs.
• Will deliver care with a team-orientation, an emphasis on good customer relations, sound clinical judgement and appropriate decision-making abilities that take into consideration evidence based practice
• Continuously inquire about the condition of the patient through the ongoing process of questioning and evaluating the situation and implements treatment changes, if necessary, through collaboration with the health care team, inclusive of the patient and family.
• Maintains a body of knowledge and tools that allow the nurse to manage whatever environmental and system resources exist for the patient/family, within or across healthcare and non-healthcare systems.
• Required: Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing
• Current State of Texas Registered Nurse license.
• Basic EKG course within one year of hire
• Current AHA BLS Certification.
• Current AHA ACLS Certification.
• Preferred: Academic degree in nursing (Bachelors or Master’s degree)
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Additional languages preferred.
• Basic computer knowledge.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center-Sunnyvale in Sunnyvale, TX is a community-based hospital with all the benefits of an urban medical center due to the specialties we offer to the community which is uncommon for this size facility. We have an extremely large footprint of outpatient services in the community including physical medicine, wound care, sleep center, imaging, and two free-standing Emergency Departments. These outpatient services serve the communities of Forney, Mesquite, Sunnyvale, Seagoville and many more in the surrounding area.

Consider a career move to Baylor Scott and White Medical Center Sunnyvale and join our exceptional team committed to something better.

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