Registered Nurse (RN)- Cardiovascular Recovery Unit

Tenet Healthcare; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare in Texas seeks a Registered Nurse for per diem, day shift coverage. The role involves direct clinical care, supervision of staff, and accountability to ensure high quality, safe nursing services across shifts.

The RN will assess, plan, and implement care per the nursing process, coordinate with hospital policies, and manage medications safely while participating in emergency readiness and infection control practices. A Texas license and BLS are required.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current RN license in Texas.
• AHA BLS certification required; ACLS/PALS/NRP per policy if applicable.
• 1 year RN experience required for PRN status; recent acute care preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, safe, cost-effective total nursing care to all patients.
• Coordinate and integrate patient care based on the nursing process.
• Direct care according to safety standards, risk management, QA, and Infection Control to discharge the patient with optimum care.
• Coordinate and plan patient care within the prescribed medical regime.
• Administer medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy.
• Perform all HICS responsibilities during emergencies and disasters as directed.
• Know the hospital's emergency codes and follow policies for each code.

Skills

Patient care

Nursing assessment

Team supervision

Education

Graduate of an accredited nursing school

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (preferred)

Job description

Job Shift: Days

Job Type: Per Diem

This role provides direct clinical patient care. The role will assume responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis, and unit level. The role is responsible for supervision of staff to which appropriate care is delegated. The role is accountable to support CNO to ensure high quality, safe and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care.

• The RN provides high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients.
• The RN assumes responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process.
• The RN directs care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control, with the goal being to discharge the patient with an optimum level of care provided.
• Assumes responsibility for coordination and planning of patient care within the prescribed medical regime.
• Administers all medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy.
• Performs and fulfills all HICS (hospital incident command system) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed and needed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster.
• Responsible for knowing the Hospital's emergency codes, including the purpose and appropriate action for each, and adheres to the Hospital policies and procedures for each emergency code.

Education:

• Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Preferred: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nursing

Experience:

• Required: Must have 1 YOE of RN experience for PRN status.
• Preferred: Recent acute care experience.

Certifications:

• Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy; AHA BLS, and if applicable by corporate policy for unit of hire, AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP.