Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU (PRN/Days)

AECOM; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for its PACU in Plano. The role promises high job satisfaction, a commitment to patient care, and opportunities for professional growth. Required qualifications include a Nursing Diploma and RN certifications, with expectations for weekend and holiday shifts. Ideal candidates embody strong interpersonal skills and a proactive attitude towards patient needs.

Benefits

401k

Paid Time Off

Medical and Dental Benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Student Loan Repayment Programs

Paid Parental Leave

Qualifications

• 1 year as a Registered Nurse required.
• 2 years of recent ER/ICU experience preferred.
• BCLS, ACLS, and PALS certifications required.

Responsibilities

• Responds to patients' physical, psychological, and social needs.
• Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.
• Creates a healing environment ensuring safety and confidentiality.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Patient Care

Attention to Detail

Education

Nursing Diploma

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Tools

BCLS Certification

ACLS Certification

PALS Certification

Job description

**Registered Nurse (RN) - PACU**

_Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together_

**Work location:** Texas Health Plano, 6200 West Parker Road, Plano, TX 75093

**Work hours:** PRN/Days; Variable Shifts; 36hrs/week; weekend and holiday requirements, call required

**PACU Department Highlights:**

· The potential for high job satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment from making a difference in patients’ lives

· Work/Life Balance as well as opportunities to educational and professional growth opportunities

· Robust Unit Based Council (UBC) and engaged leadership team

**Here’s What You Need:**

· Nursing Diploma in Nursing required or

· Associate’s degree in nursing required or

· Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred

· 1 year of experience a Registered Nurse required

· 2 years of recent ER/ICU experience strongly preferred

· RN – Registered Nurse upon hire required

· BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly upon hire required and

· ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days of hire required and

· PALS – Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 90 days of hire required

· A high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment.

**What You Will Do:**

· Basic Human Needs - Responds to others' priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social needs.

· Human Respect - Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance.

· Affiliation Needs - Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.

· Appreciation of Unique Meanings - Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.

· Mutual Problem Solving - Professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties.

· Attentive Reassurance - Listens and concentrates on others. Is reliable, available and attentive.

· Encouraging Manner - The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.

· Healing Environment - The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility.

**Additional perks of being a Texas Health Employee:**

· Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment programs as well as several other benefits.

· Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

· Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

· A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

**Texas Health Plano Entity Highlights:**

Since 1991, Texas Health Plano has served the communities of Plano, Frisco, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson and McKinney. We’re a 386-bed, full-service hospital serving North Texas with incredible care and amazing people.

We specialize in emergency medicine and trauma, cardiology, neurosurgery and spine, advanced orthopedics, women’s services, adult and adolescent behavioral health, an adult intensive care unit and state of the art and technologically advanced surgical services. Plus, we’re a Level II Trauma Facility, the only health care facility in Collin County to have achieved both the Level IV NICU and Level IV Maternal facility designation and have a DNV-certified Comprehensive Stroke Program.

Texas Health Plano is a four-time Magnet-designated hospital, the only AACN Beacon Gold adult intensive care unit in the DFW area, accredited by the Joint Commission in Hip and Knee Replacement and a Primary Heart Attack Center. We offer top-notch benefits including an on-site childcare center created for working parents.

**If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together!**

Learn (https://jobs.texashealth.org/why-texas-health/) more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.

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