Registered Nurse (RN) - Obstetrics

Tenet Healthcare; Brownsville (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Tenet Healthcare in Brownsville, TX seeks an RN to provide direct clinical care and supervise nursing staff per shift. The role supports the CNO in delivering high-quality patient care and efficient resource management. Requires active nursing licensure and hospital policy adherence.

Preferred candidates hold a Bachelor's or Master's in Nursing with recent acute care experience and current BLS/ACLS/PALS/NRP credentials as applicable.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Experience: Preferred: Recent acute care experience.
• Certifications: AHA BLS, ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement direct clinical care to assigned patients per shift.
• Supervise staff and ensure high quality, safe nursing care and appropriate resource management.
• Coordinate and plan patient care within the prescribed medical regime.
• Administer medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy.
• Adhere to safety standards and infection control to discharge patients with optimum care.

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nursing

Job description

This position may qualify for a sign‑on bonus. 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.

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