Registered Nurse (RN)—Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)–Full Time Nights

QUALIFICATIONS: 

•  Diploma of Nursing OR Associate degree in Nursing (ADN) required;

•  BSN preferred. 

•  Other – CLIAFE Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency Req

•  One-year critical care nursing experience, or completion of an RN residency program in a critical care setting required

•  Two-years critical care nursing experience strongly preferred

•  Cardiac ICU experience strongly preferred – including open-heart surgery recovery, IABP, Impella, CRRT, and bedside ECMO management.

•  RN – Registered Nurse RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire Required

•  BCLS – Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Required AND

•  ACLS – Advanced Cardiac Life Support Upon Hire Required (Expiration date greater than 3 months preferred)

•  CPI – Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually within 90 Days Required

 What You Will Do

·     Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process

·     Assesses the patient

·     Plans the care of the patient

·     Intervenes as appropriate

·     Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions

·     Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.

·     Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information

·     Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.

Entity Highlights

For more than a half-century, Texas Health Dallas has been at the forefront of health care in North Texas. We’re an 875-bed, Magnet-designated, full-service hospital serving our community in and around Dallas since 1966. We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women’s services and emergency medicine, we’ve got it. Plus, we’re a renowned Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a Comprehensive Stroke and Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence and provide wellness services, outpatient surgery and women’s imaging services. *Texas Health Dallas is a joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, a Level I Trauma Center,  a Comprehensive Heart Attack Center, and a designated Magnet hospital. We’re a top choice in North Texas for cancer and emergency services, bariatric services, cardiac care and much more. As part of the Texas Health family and its 28,000+ employees, we’re one of the largest employers in the Dallas Fort Worth area. Our career growth and professional development opportunities are top-notch and our benefits are equally outstanding. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we improve the health of the people in our communities every day. You belong here.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Employee

·     Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness 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.

·     Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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