Resgistered Nurse

Prime Healthcare; Weslaco (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 77,000; Part time

Job summary

Knapp Medical Center, a Prime Healthcare Foundation member, seeks a Registered Nurse for the Birthplace unit on a day shift. Per Diem status, delivering safe patient care and guiding patient/family teaching within the Birthplace.

Must hold a valid state RN license and meet certification requirements. Join a not-for-profit hospital with a broad range of obstetric and neonatal services, engaging in continuous quality care and community health initiatives.

Qualifications

• RN licensure in the state is required.
• BSN degree preferred; active standards and ongoing certification.
• BLS, ACLS, NRP certifications within specified timelines.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe patient care using the nursing process for antepartum and postpartum patients.
• Provide patient/family teaching and supervise nursing staff as needed.
• Ensure a safe environment and proper response to condition changes and treatments.

Skills

Patient care

Critical thinking

Communication

Education

RN license in state

BSN degree preferred

BLS certification within 30 days

ACLS certification within 90 days

NRP certification within 90 days

Fetal monitoring training within 60 days

AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring

AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring

STABLE certification preferred

Job description

Overview

Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion, and community! Knapp Medical Center, a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.

Knapp Medical Center is an award-winning, not-for-profit hospital in Weslaco, Texas. With 227 beds, the community hospital specializes in emergency care, orthopedics, obstetrics and gynecology, wound care, surgery, cardiology, gastroenterology, critical care, and interventional radiology. Knapp serves as the only acute care hospital in the Mid-Valley area, as well as Weslaco's only Level III Trauma Center, Advanced Primary Stroke Center, and Level II Newborn Nursery. Knapp has been providing quality and compassionate healthcare to Mid-Valley residents for 60 years. More than 300 physicians serve on the hospital's medical staff. Knapp also serves as one of the largest employers in the Mid-Valley, employing more than 450 people. For more information, please call 956-968-8567 or visit www.KnappMed.org

Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of safe patient care utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Provides direct patient care within the scope of practice. The Registered Nurse also directs and guides patient/family teaching and activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining standards of care in the Birthplace. Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition and/or response to treatment. Provides for a safe environment for patients and visitors. Utilizes the chain of command when necessary to ensure patient well-being and appropriateness of care to newborns and mothers during the antepartum and postpartum periods.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

• 1. Current and valid state RN License.
• 2. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree preferred
• 3. BLS certification within 30 days and maintain current
• 4. ACLS certification within 90 days and maintain current
• 5. NRP certification within 90 days and maintain current
• 6. Basic Fetal monitoring within 60 days of hire and maintain current
• 7. AWHONN Intermediate Fetal Monitoring certificate within 12 months
• 8. AWHONN Advanced Fetal Monitoring certificate preferred
• 9. STABLE preferred

Employment Status

Per Diem

Shift

Days

Equal Employment Opportunity

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