Charge Registered Nurse, LDRP - PRN

Charge Registered Nurse, Mom/Baby – PRN, Days

Are you looking for a rewarding career with family-friendly hours and top-notch benefits? We're looking for qualified Charge Registered Nurses like you to join our Texas Health family.

• Work location:
  
  Texas Health Allen
• Work environment:
  Mother/Baby
• Work hours:
  
  PRN, 7:00am-7:00pm

At Texas Health Allen we take seriously our mission to improve the health of those in our community. We are a 73-bed, acute-care, full-service hospital serving the northern Collin County community since 2000. We provide exceptional care to Allen, Lucas, Fairview, Frisco, Plano, McKinney, Wylie and other surrounding cities. If you're looking for neonatal intensive care, orthopedics, women's care and pediatrics, we've got it.

Plus we're a Level IV trauma center and an Accredited Chest Pain Center. Our 500+ physicians practice in more than 25 specialties. And talk about award winning. Texas Health Allen is a Joint Commission-accredited Gold Seal Certified Chest Pain facility, a Baby Friendly Facility a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence and a Pathways to Excellence-designated hospital. 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.

• Associate's Degree Nursing required
• BSN (preferred)
• 1 Year of 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
• 2 year of experience in Mom/Baby highly preferred
• RN
  - Registered Nurse Upon Hire (Required)
• BCLS
  - Basic Cardiac Life Support Upon Hire (Required)

Texas Health's nursing theory is the Quality Caring Model developed by Dr. Joanne Duffy. A nursing theory has principles that underlie the art of nursing and drive the science behind our practice. The eight caring factors listed below must be demonstrated by all nurses, and charge nurses must model this behavior consistently.

- Responds to others' priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social needs.

- Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance.

- Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.

- Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.

- 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.

- Listens and concentrates on others. Is reliable, available and attentive.

- The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.

- The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility.

The Charge Nurse role will communicate and collaborate with all members of the health care team. Valuing diversity, equity, and inclusion is a key strategy of teamwork at Texas Health. Shared Decision Making:
The Charge Nurse role will support and actively participate in shared governance/councils which is Texas Health's structure for decision making. Professional Development:
The Charge Nurse role will be committed to developing their individual knowledge and skills, as well as advancing the profession of nursing and engaging in lifelong learning/development. 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.

Quality Management
- Knowledge of quality management methods, tools, and techniques and ability to create and support an environment that meets the quality goals of the organization. Conflict Management
- Understanding of how to anticipate, recognize, and deal effectively with…