RN - Emergency Department - Nights

Job Overview

Full time position, Night shift in Burleson, Texas at 11801 South Fwy. Pay: $33.65 - $62.59 per hour.

• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance
• Paid Time Off from Day One
• 403-B Retirement Plan
• 4 Weeks 100% Paid Parental Leave
• Career Development
• Whole Person Well-being Resources
• Mental Health Resources and Support
• Pet Benefits

• Conduct comprehensive patient assessments through observation, interviews, and physical examinations to gather patient history and vital signs, identifying physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans based on assessment data, setting SMART goals in collaboration with patients, families, and healthcare teams.
• Administer medications and treatments safely, including oral, intravenous, and intramuscular forms, and perform necessary medical procedures such as wound care, catheterization, and IV therapy, ensuring accurate and safe execution.
• Provide patient and family education about health conditions, treatments, and self-care practices, developing and delivering tailored educational materials and programs, and offering discharge instructions and follow-up care plans.
• Advocate for patient health and safety by acting as a liaison between patients and the healthcare system, protecting patient rights and confidentiality, and securing necessary resources to improve patient outcomes.
• Participate in performance improvement activities by engaging in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research initiatives, applying current healthcare research findings to expand clinical knowledge, and using quality measures to enhance performance and accountability for patient outcomes.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals, including doctors, therapists, social workers, and other providers, to ensure coordinated and comprehensive care, maintaining open and clear communication.
• Collect and analyze patient health data from patients, families, and providers using appropriate techniques and instruments, and prioritize patient needs per immediate condition and overall health status to ensure timely and effective care.
• Document patient care activities accurately and timely in medical records, including assessments, care plans, interventions, and patient responses, to ensure continuity and quality of care.
• Evaluate and adjust care plans by monitoring and documenting effectiveness, making necessary adjustments based on ongoing assessments and feedback.
• Perform nursing procedures such as wound care, catheterization, and specimen collection, ensuring accurate and safe implementation.
• Ensure patient safety by adhering to established policies and procedures, maintaining a safe environment, and participating in bedside shift reports to ensure continuity and effective communication among the team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Administers all types of medications correctly per age group for all populations served according to policy.
• Demonstrates proficient technical skills and operational knowledge of all equipment used on the unit.
• Performs daily rotational task assignment as directed.
• Supervises Nursing Assistants in basic nursing functions, demonstrating safe patient ambulation and transfers, checking, turning, and repositioning patients every two hours.
• Serves as a preceptor as necessary.
• Communicates and collaborates effectively.
• Gathers data, assesses, reassesses all populations served, performs primary assessment of newly admitted or transferred patients, and completes care plans for each chart.
• Documents and communicates patient data clearly, initiates and implements phone and verbal physician orders promptly, and collaborates with the healthcare team under HIPAA and confidentiality policy.
• Collaborates on Care Plan input.
• Collaborates timely to establish priorities in planning, organizing, and implementing patient care based on nursing assessment, and taking into consideration psychosocial/cultural/circumstantial situations.
• Recognizes emergency codes, infection control, life safety, and fire plan, age‑specific safety concerns, proper body mechanics and ergonomics, and implements measures in collaboration with the RN. Supervises nursing assistant staff during these events.
• Understands the Computerized Physician Order Entry Process and uses the electronic medical record for retrieval of patient information.
• Monitors the electronic medical record for new physician orders and diagnostic results.
• Provides necessary education to patient and family from admission through discharge, initiating and documenting education provided along with patient response and outcomes. Initiates referrals as necessary.
• Fluent in English (read, verbal, and written).

• Associate's of Nursing (Required)
• Bachelor's of Nursing (Preferred)

• N/A

• 1+ prior hospital/acute care nursing experience (Preferred)
• Registered Nurse (RN) experience (Required)