Registered Nurse (RN) - Day Surgery

Tenet Healthcare; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Part time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare in El Paso, TX is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide direct clinical patient care on a rotating, per diem basis. The RN will assess, plan, implement care for assigned patients per shift and supervise staff as delegated.

The RN is accountable to support the Chief Nursing Officer to ensure high quality, safe nursing care, and efficient resource management, coordinating patient care within the medical regime.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Licensed/certified/registered to practice as required by law; BLS required; ACLS/PALS/NRP as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical patient care per shift.
• Supervise staff to whom care is delegated.
• Coordinate patient care based on the nursing process.
• Administer medications safely per hospital policy.
• Support CNO to ensure high quality, safe care and appropriate resource management.

Skills

Clinical patient care

Staff supervision

Nursing coordination

Infection control

Education

Graduate of accredited nursing school

Bachelor's or Master's in Nursing

Job description

Job Shift: Rotate

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

• 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.