Texas Health Resources Hiring for Charge Nurse (RN) – Surgery at Fort Worth, Texas Full Time

Are you looking for a rewarding career, tight-knit nursing team and top-notch benefits? We’re looking for a qualified Charge Nurse like you to join our Texas Health family.

Position Highlights

• Work location: Texas Health Alliance, 10864 Texas Health Trail, Fort Worth, TX 76244

• Work Environment: Surgery

• Work hours: Full-time, Day Shift, 40 hours weekly

Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Alliance is a 151-bed, full-service hospital offering acute care and wellness programs to communities in North Fort Worth, Keller, North Richland Hills, Haslet, Justin and surrounding areas. The hospital provides numerous services, including emergency medicine, general and outpatient surgery – including an outpatient surgery center, women and infant’s care – including a level III neonatal intensive care unit, radiology – including a women’s imaging center, cardiac rehabilitation and therapy center, business health services, and wellness programs. Texas Health Alliance is a technologically advanced hospital that has earned national recognition for operating at the highest level of electronic medical record adoption. We invite you to join us in furthering your career through our accomplishments and philosophy of excellence.

As part of the Texas Health family, we employ over 24,000 employees and are among the areas top five largest employers. Come be a part of our exceptional team as we continue to provide outstanding care and deliver award winning results. You belong here.

Qualifications

• Associate Degree in Nursing or Nursing Diploma required; BSN preferred

• Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire

• BCLS – upon hire – expiration date greater than 3 months preferred

• ACLS – within 90 days of hire

• 1 Year Experience as a clinical nurse in an acute care setting required; 2 years of experience as a clinical nurse in an acute care setting preferred

In addition to the required qualifications, a successful Charge RN will model the eight caring factors listed below.

• Basic Human Needs – Responds to others’ priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social needs.

• Human Respect – Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance.

• Affiliation Needs – Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.

• Appreciation of Unique Meanings – Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.

• Mutual Problem Solving – Professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties.

• Attentive Reassurance – Listens and concentrates on others. Is reliable, available and attentive.

• Encouraging Manner – The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.

• Healing Environment – The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility.

The Charge Nurse role will support and actively participate in shared governance/councils which is Texas Health’s structure for decision making. This role directly assists leadership on a particular unit or units and shift, by offering staff guidance and support, maintaining a clean and safe work environment and ensuring unit operational tasks are completed. Individuals in this role will demonstrate:

• A commitment to developing their individual knowledge and skills, as well as advancing the profession of nursing and engaging in lifelong learning/development.

• Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization.

• An understanding of how to anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with existing or potential conflicts at the individual, group, or situation level; ability to apply this understanding appropriately to diverse situations.

• Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• Knowledge of successful approaches, tools, and techniques for dealing with changes and adapting to a changing environment; ability to adapt as needed

• Demonstrate a high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment. Maintain a positive, customer-focused attitude toward patients

• A strong work ethic and always display a high level of professionalism

Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee

· Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program 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.

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Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to [email protected] .

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