Registered Nurse (RN) - NICU

Tenet Healthcare; El Paso (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare in El Paso, TX is hiring an RN to provide direct clinical patient care each shift. The role includes assessing, planning, and implementing care, supervising staff, and supporting the CNO to ensure high-quality, safe nursing practice and appropriate resource management.

The RN delivers nursing care per policy, administers medications safely, and coordinates patient care within the medical regime.

Qualifications

• Must be graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current license to practice nursing in the state of practice.
• AHA BLS certification required; ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct clinical patient care per shift.
• Assess, plan, implement and coordinate patient care.
• Supervise staff and support CNO for safe, high-quality nursing care and resource management.
• Administer medications safely and per hospital policy.
• Respond to emergencies and follow hospital codes(HICS) as directed.

Skills

Direct patient care

Staff supervision

Safety & infection control

Education

Graduate of an accredited nursing program

BSN/MSN preferred

Job description

Job Type: Full Time

Job Shift: Day

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.