Registered Nurse (FT) - Night Shifts

Physicians Premier Emergency Room; Corpus Christi (TX); On-site; USD 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off after 90 days

IRA Plan

Job summary

Physicians Premier Emergency Room in Corpus Christi, TX seeks an experienced Registered Nurse for full-time night shifts. The role involves triage, direct patient care, and collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary teams in a freestanding emergency setting.

The candidate must hold a Texas RN license with ER experience and certifications in CPR/BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC, and NIHSS. Prior supervision is not required; strong documentation and patient safety focus are essential.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Two years ER nursing experience.
• Current Texas RN license (or multi-state compact RN with Texas privileges).
• CPR/BLS, ACLS, PALS, TNCC, NIHSS certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and triage based on medical complaints or symptoms.
• Assist physicians during exams, procedures, diagnostic tests and treatments.
• Perform IV initiation/infusion/therapy, blood draws, cardiac monitoring, and basic bedside care.
• Administer medications as ordered and document administration.
• Conduct discharge teaching and verify vital signs prior to discharge.
• Maintain documentation, equipment readiness and adherence to policies.

Job description

Job Summary

Provides professional nursing care for patients in the emergency room. Triages each patient and determines priority of care based on medical complaint or current symptoms. Promotes and restores patients' health by completing the nursing process in collaboration with physicians and multidisciplinary team members.

Job Title & Details

Registered Nurse (FT)- Night Shifts

REGION Corpus Christi Area

CATEGORY Nursing

LOCATION Corpus Christi, Ennis Joslin

STATUS Now Hiring External Candidates

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care by evaluating the medical complaint or current symptoms and report to physician.
• Works directly under physicians, assisting them during exams, procedures, diagnostic testing and treatments.
• Per physicians orders performs IV initiation/infusion/therapy, blood draws, cardiac monitoring, pulse oximetry, applies oxygen, administers nebulized treatment, cleans and bandages wounds, applies splints, and provides basic bedside care.
• Recognizes and effectively treats life-threatening conditions.
• Ability to perform a head-to-toe assessment on all patients and reassessments. This includes pediatric, adolescent and geriatric patients and the general patient population.
• Uses triage process to ensure timely and appropriate care to patients. Accurately assigns triage categories.
• Assists physicians with procedures including but not limited to laceration repair, any procedure requiring moderate sedation, incision and drainage, cardi​ac arrest, intubation, chest tube insertion, foreign body removal, live birth or spontaneous aborted fetus and tissue, records time of death and birth, assists Administrator in reporting death in the emergency room as needed.
• Prepares and administers medications ordered by the physician and records administration and such other relative data in the patient’s medical record.
• Interacts professionally with patient and family and involves patient and family in the formation of the plan of care.
• Reviews all discharge instructions with patient and takes vital signs prior to discharge to ensure patient is stable and records results in the patient medical record.
• Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, performance improvement program, safety, environmental and infection prevention and control standards.
• Completes all necessary nursing documentation in accordance with policy and emergency room standards.
• Ensures an adequate stock of supplies and proper functioning of equipment.
• Records all patient medical care information concisely, accurately and completely, in a timely manner, in appropriate format and submits to Front Desk Representative to enter in patient medical record.
• Enhances professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, current literature, inservice meetings and workshops; shows responsibility for own professional practice and ongoing education.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested by Nurse Director.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Two (2) years of registered nurse and emergency room nursing experience.
• Current Texas RN license (or a multistate compact RN with privilege to practice in Texas)
• CPR/BLS Certification required.
• ACLS Certification required.
• PALS Certification required.
• TNCC Certification required.
• NIHSS Certification required

General Information

Physicians Premier is a full service, state-licensed, and 24/7 emergency room that is not directly connected to a hospital. It offers essentially the same services and functions, but with dramatically reduced wait times and a much more comfortable setting than traditional emergency rooms.

Physicians Premier was founded as a freestanding emergency room where patients could receive immediate care that was both high-quality and convenient. Time is crucial when it comes to critical health issues. Physicians Premier makes every minute count.

We offer attractive benefits including, medical, dental, vision, life, LTD, STD, paid time off after 90 days, and IRA Plan.

Due to the anticipated volume of responses, we will contact only those candidates who most closely match our requirements.