Registered Nurse (RN) - ED - Emergency Department - $30-42 per hour

Baptist Health System; Harlingen (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care FSA

Dependent Care FSA

Life Insurance

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Harlingen, Texas, is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for the Emergency Department. This role involves providing direct clinical patient care, assessing, planning, and implementing nursing strategies. Candidates must have an accredited nursing degree and relevant certifications, including BLS. Preferred qualifications include a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing and recent acute care experience. This is a full-time night position offering a competitive benefits package including health care and life insurance.

Qualifications

• Must be currently licensed to practice as required by state regulations.
• Recent acute care experience is preferred.
• Certification in ENPC, TNCC, and CPI is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical patient care and assess patient needs.
• Implement patient care plans and coordinate care delivery.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and hospital policies.

Skills

Direct clinical care

Patient assessment

Coordination of patient care

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing

Tools

AHA BLS certification

AHA ACLS certification

AHA PALS certification

Job description

Job Overview

Baptist Health System - San Antonio TX is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) ED - Emergency Department for a nursing job in Harlingen, Texas.

Key Information

• Specialty: ED - Emergency Department
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Hours per week: 36 hours
• Shift: 12 hours
• Employment Type: Staff
• Full Time Nights
• Potential sign‑on bonus

Job Summary

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 the 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 of discharging the patient with an optimum level of care provided. The RN also coordinates and plans patient care within the prescribed medical regime, administers all medications safely and timely per hospital policy, performs and fulfills all HICS responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed by the facility in times of emergency and/or disaster, and knows the hospital’s emergency codes, including purpose and appropriate action for each, adhering to the hospital policies and procedures for each code.

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice as required by law, regulation in the state of practice or policy; AHA BLS, and if applicable by corporate policy for the unit of hire, AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP.
• ENPC, TNCC, CPI.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Recent acute care experience.

Benefits

• Health Care FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Life insurance

Additional Information

Baptist Health System - San Antonio Job ID #2603002335. Posted job title: Registered Nurse (RN) - ER