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Job description
Registered Nurse (RN)-Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CVICU)
Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together
WORK LOCATION: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas, TX 75231
WORK HOURS: Full time Days, 7A-7P for 36 hours per week. Weekend and holiday requirements
CVICU Department Highlights:
The CVICU is a 30-bed intensive care unit that specializes in advanced Cardiac and Vascular surgical procedures.
Our ICU units are located in the Hamon Tower, the largest expansion in the hospital's history, which opened in 2009.
Our board-certified critical care physicians directly oversee patient care in the ICU throughout the day. Providers are on the unit 24 hours a day.
Critical care nurses, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants - all trained in critical care medicine - work collaboratively to provide care in the ICU.
The staffing is dependent by acuity, normally a 2:1 ratio
HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED:
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 required
Cardiac ICU experience strongly preferred - including open-heart surgery recovery, IABP, Impella, CRRT, and bedside ECMO management.
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
HERE'S 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.
ADDITIONAL PERKS OF BEING A TEXAS HEALTH EMPLPOYEE
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.
MORE ABOUT TEXAS HEALTH DALLAS
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. 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
Texas Health requires a resume when an application is submitted.Employment opportunities are only reflective of wholly owned Texas Health Resources entities.
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Worksite address
dallas, TX, 75215, US
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