Registered Nurse, PRN12 Med/Surg - CSO (Night)

Interested in a career with both meaning and growth? Whether your abilities are in direct patient care or one of the many other areas of healthcare administration and support, everyone at Parkland works together to fulfill our mission: the health and well-being of individuals and communities entrusted to our care. By joining Parkland, you become part of a diverse healthcare legacy that’s served our community for more than 125 years. Put your skills to work with us, seek opportunities to learn and join a talented team where patient care is more than a job. It’s our passion.

Primary Purpose:

Provides care to assigned patient population in accordance with established protocols and multidisciplinary plan of care utilizing independent, dependent, and interdependent interventions to restore stability, prevent complications, and achieve and maintain optimal patient responses for all patients through patient centered/patient valued care.

Knowledge & Experience:

• Requires clinical license and/or certification typically obtained through education and moderate to advanced practical knowledge of job area obtained through experience
• Typically viewed as a specialist within discipline
• Less than 2 years prior relevant experience

Degree/License

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related clinical field

Requirements Education:

• Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Prefer Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Experience:

• Must have two years of nursing experience.

Required Certifications / Licensure:

• Must have current RN license or valid temporary permit with the Texas Board of Nursing; or, valid Compact RN license.
• Must have current healthcare provider CPR course completion card from one of the following:
  • American Heart Association
  • American Red Cross Rescuer
  • Military Training Network.

Responsibilities:

1. Provides care to assigned patient population in accordance with the current State of Texas Nurse Practice Act, established protocols, multidisciplinary plan of care, and clinical area specific standards.
2. Provides continuous assessment, consults with other team members as required and provides nursing care which demonstrates patient centered/patient valued care.
3. Exercises independent judgment in providing nursing care.
4. Must be able to demonstrate effective interpersonal skills and possess good oral and written communication skills.
5. Must be able to communicate effectively with patients, families, and hospital staff in accordance with established policies and procedures.
6. May be required to communicate effectively, via the overhead paging system.
7. Must be able to demonstrate the ability to provide direction to non-nursing staff and serve as a preceptor.
8. Must be able to demonstrate patient centered/patient valued behaviors.
9. As applicable, will be required to demonstrate acceptable knowledge of nursing standards of care for specialty care area. Read-Only Responsibilities Other duties as assigned.

Career Type: Clinical

Individual contributors who comes in direct physical contact with patients and have responsibility in a clinical discipline or specialty focused on patient needs and/or delivery of high-quality care. The majority of time is spent on the delivery of clinical care. May spend a portion of their time on implementation or design of clinical processes, programs, services and policies. Senior clinical roles, such as physicians, may also spend ~20% of their overall time on managerial responsibilities; however, the majority of their time is spent on direct patient care.

• Requires specialized knowledge gained through a combination of experience and/or advanced clinical education, including licensure and certification
• Work follows legally defined scope of practice
• Applies clinical knowledge and experience to achieve operational goals and targets and impacts the overall achievement of results for the job area/department/function
• Responsible for improving upon existing systems and processes to solve problems in the clinical space
• May lead and/or organize the work of other lower-level clinical professionals or clinical/technical support, or manage processes and programs

Competencies:

Communication & Influence:

• Communicates information within and outside the job area on matters that involve obtaining or providing difficult or sensitive information requiring some explanation and interpretation for patients and others within the care team

• Influences others within own job area and patients regarding policies, practices and procedures

Leadership & Talent Management:

• Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area

Organizational Impact

• Executes clinical processes to solve difficult and sometimes complex problems to meet patient needs and/or deliver high-quality care to patients

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