North Central Surgical Center is a highly successful, Baylor Scott & White affiliated hospital located in Dallas, TX. We partner with the very best team members and medical staff in the area. We are a surgical focused hospital that performs over 12,000 procedures per year. FACTS ABOUT NORTH CENTRAL: Opened in 2005, 14 Operating Rooms and 30 Medical/Surgical Patient Rooms. We are conveniently Located at Walnut Hill & 75 in the prestigious NorthPark area Specialties include: Orthopedics, Spine, General Surgery, Pain Management, Urology, GI/Endoscopy, Plastic, and Podiatry surgeries. Managed by United Surgical Partners International & Joint Commission Accredited
We are currently looking for a Med Surge
Charge Registered Nurse (RN) to join our
Post-Surgical Unit team
Full-Time on the Night Shift.
As the Charge Nurse, you will:
- Be responsible for the assessment, coordination, implementation, and evaluation of the delivery of safe and effective patient-centered care.
- Facilitate and mentor others to grow professionally and advance their knowledge and skills.
- Continually assess unit needs to ensure adequate resources for current and upcoming shifts by collaborating with other departments, clinical and nonclinical, to coordinate admissions, transfers, and discharges of patients in a timely manner.
- Demonstrate professionalism at all times and will uphold standards of practice by holding team members accountable for continued compliance adhering to professional guidelines for practice such as state board of nurses, American Nurses Association (ANA) professional standards of care, Joint Commission, and all Federal and State standards of care.
If scheduled on weekend charge nurse also assumes the following responsibilities:
- Rounds when possible and/or checks on the ED staff.
- Calls the Manager and Administrator on call regarding issues pertaining to risk, safety, physician complaints, staffing, clinical issues and patient complaints.
Required Skills: - Graduate of an accredited RN School of Nursing.
- At least 5 years experience as an RN in hospital Medical/Surgery or ICU unit.
- At least 1 year supervisory experience preferred
- RN, current in the State of Texas
- BCLS
- Must attain ACLS and PALS within 3 months of hire.
- Ability to make decisions based on nursing judgment.
- Able to prioritize and organize workload to meet needs of patients and unit.
- Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant's or employee's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Tenet will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
