About the Role
<div class="block__cell block__field--wide-rich-text" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);flex:0 1 100%;font-family:"Open Sans", "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.02px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:10px 0px 0px;orphans:2;padding:0px 25px 0px 0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;width:968.125px;word-spacing:0px;" data-bind="css: $component.getBlockCellCss($data, 0)"><div class="block__field--wide-rich-text" style="flex-basis:100%;" data-bind="attr: {id: $data.name + '-container',
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html: $component.getFieldValue($data)" id="descriptionExt-value" formfieldid="descriptionExt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 0in;vertical-align:baseline;"><strong>$15k Sign-on bonus available to those that qualify. Must have 2+ years of RN experience.</strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 0in;vertical-align:baseline;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 0in;vertical-align:baseline;"><span style="background-color:white;color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span><strong>SHIFT: </strong>3-12 hour shift, Monday – Sunday, 18:45 - 06:45</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 0in;vertical-align:baseline;"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color:white;line-height:normal;margin:0px 0px 0in;vertical-align:middle;"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span><strong>JOB SUMMARY</strong></span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>The Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>RN job is to be used for RNs in hospital inpatient and outpatient departments with 24X7 staffing which include those departments with on-call staffing on the off shifts. Examples of hospital inpatient and outpatient procedural areas: GI Lab, Pain Management, Dialysis, Infusion Centers and IV Services.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span><strong>ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE</strong></span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Clinical Judgment: Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical outcomes.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Clinical Inquiry: Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators. Supports evidence-based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Caring Practices: Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Response to Diversity: Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a patient's and family's unique differences, such as culture, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan of care.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Advocacy and Moral Agency: Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patient and family and represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that accurately reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Facilitation of Learning: Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and community; integrating appropriate education throughout the continuum of care to help them participate and/or make informed decisions about their health care and treatments, including health promotion and disease prevention. Assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Collaboration: Works collaboratively and interdependently with colleagues and community to develop and implement an integrated plan of care. Open and sensitive to all team members' unique contributions. Delegates tasks and care to appropriate staff and ensures timely follow-up.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Systems Thinking: Uses strategies and available resources for problem-solving for patients, family and staff. Recognizes that resources are limited and considers factors related to safety, effectiveness and efficiency in planning and delivering patient care.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Professionalism: Improves nursing practice and the work environment through participating in shared governance and decision-making processes and meaningfully recognizing the contributions of others. Participates in the staffing process from education and planning to evaluation. Identifies personal goals and commits to ongoing professional growth through continuing education, networking with professional colleagues, membership and involvement in professional nursing organizations, self-study, professional reading, certification and seeking advanced degrees. Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues and others. Demonstrates commitment to community service.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span><strong>KEY SUCCESS FACTORS</strong></span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Knowledge and understanding of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care applicable to the area of assignment.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Knowledge of medical terminology; principles and practices of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention and management; medications and drugs, common dosages, their physical and physiological effects, and possible adverse reactions.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Must be able to communicate thoughts clearly, both verbally and in writing.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Interpersonal skills to interact with a wide-range of constituencies.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Must have critical thinking and problem-solving skills.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Ability to observe changes in the medical condition of patients and effectively communicate these changes to other nursing staff members and physicians/providers.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Ability to provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care to all patients through the nursing process and standards of nursing practice with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of human experience and to develop, evaluate, implement and, as necessary, modify a patient care plan to meet the needs of individual patients.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>General computer skills, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.</span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span><strong>BENEFITS</strong></span></span><br><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Our competitive benefits package includes the following</span></span><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>- Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits</span></span><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>- 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%</span></span><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>- Tuition Reimbursement</span></span><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>- PTO accrual beginning Day 1</span></span><br><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"><span>Note: Benefits may vary based upon position type and/or level</span></span></p></div></div></div><div class="block__field--line-break" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);flex-basis:100%;font-family:"Open Sans", "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.02px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;height:0px;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"> </div><div class="block__cell block__field--wide-rich-text" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);flex:0 1 100%;font-family:"Open Sans", "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13.02px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;margin:10px 0px 0px;orphans:2;padding:0px 25px 0px 0px;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;width:968.125px;word-spacing:0px;" data-bind="css: $component.getBlockCellCss($data, 0)"><div class="block__field--wide-rich-text" style="flex-basis:100%;" data-bind="attr: {id: $data.name + '-container',
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