Registered Nurse, PRN36 L&D - CSO (Nights)
Company: Parkland Health and Hospital System
Location: Dallas
Posted on: May 3, 2024
Job Description:
Interested in a career with both meaning and growth? Whether
your abilities are in direct patient care or one of the many other
areas of healthcare administration and support, everyone at
Parkland works together to fulfill our mission: the health and
well-being of individuals and communities entrusted to our care. By
joining Parkland, you become part of a diverse healthcare legacy
that's served our community for more than 125 years. Put your
skills to work with us, seek opportunities to learn and join a
talented team where patient care is more than a job. It's our
passion. - Primary Purpose: Provides care to assigned patient
population in accordance with established protocols and
multidisciplinary plan of care utilizing independent, dependent,
and interdependent interventions to restore stability, prevent
complications, and achieve and maintain optimal patient responses
for all patients through patient centered/patient valued care. -
Minimum Specifications - Education:
Must be a graduate from an accredited
school of nursing. Prefer Bachelor of Science in Nursing. -
Experience:
Must have two years of Labor &
Delivery experience; OR Must have successfully completed Parkland's
Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse Residency Program or Parkland's
Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse Fellowship Program and have one
year of Labor & Delivery experience. -
Certification/Registration/Licensure:
Must have current RN license or valid
temporary permit with the Texas Board of Nursing; or, valid Compact
RN license. Must have current healthcare provider CPR course
completion card from one of the following: American Heart
Association American Red Cross Military Training Network.
- Must have current Advanced Life Support (ALS) or Advanced
Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification. Certification must be
from one of the following:
- American Heart Association
- American Red Cross
- Military Training Network Must have one of the following, upon
hire or transition into the role. Current incumbents as of January
29, 2024 must obtain by February 15, 2024. AWHONN Intermediate
Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certificate OR, AWHONN Advanced
Electronic Fetal Monitoring certificate OR, National Corporation
Certification (NCC) Electronic Fetal Monitoring Certification. Must
retake every two years from completion date of previous
certificate: AWHONN Intermediate Electronic Fetal Monitoring OR,
AWHONN Advanced Electronic Fetal Monitoring OR National Electronic
Fetal Monitoring Certification must be renewed every three years. -
Required Tests for Placement Skills or Special Abilities:
Provides care for assigned patient
population in accordance with the current State of Texas Nurse
Practice Act, established protocols, multidisciplinary plan of
care, and clinical area specific standards. Applicants must pass
Medication Examination prior to hospital orientation. Current
Parkland employees requesting reassignment to role must have
current Medication Examination on file. Provides continuous
assessment, consults with other team members as required and
provides nursing care which demonstrates patient centered/patient
valued care. - Exercises independent judgment in providing nursing
care. Must be able to demonstrate effective interpersonal skills
and possess good oral and written communication skills. Must be
able to communicate effectively with patients, families, and
hospital staff in accordance with established policies and
procedures. May be required to communicate effectively, via the
overhead paging system. Must be able to demonstrate the ability to
provide direction to non-nursing staff and serve as a preceptor.
Must be able to demonstrate patient centered/patient valued
behaviors. As applicable, will be required to demonstrate
acceptable knowledge of nursing standards of care for specialty
care area. - Responsibilities: 1. Serves as a patient advocate, by
focusing on patient needs, patient rights, confidentiality, and
religious and cultural preferences. Maintains positive working
relationships with all Parkland internal and external customers,
employees, etc. Serves as a resource for patients and other
healthcare team members. Utilizes effective verbal and non-verbal
communication to facilitate development of a therapeutic
relationship and environment that promotes wellness. Serves as a
resource for specific clinical patient care issues. Provides
patient care educational information and training to patient and
family members. - 2. Maintains and implements knowledge of
applicable rules, regulations, policies, laws and guidelines that
impact or govern nursing practice, and ensures the hospital and
Parkland are in compliance. Develops effective internal controls
that promote adherence to applicable state/federal laws and the
program requirements of accreditation agencies and federal, state,
and private health plans. Maintains and updates knowledge of
sanitation, infection control, safety, supplies, equipment,
appropriate utilization of supplies and materials. Maintains
current knowledge of procedures and practice for patients requiring
induction of pregnancy. - 3. Performs appropriate patient
assessments including continuous surveillance. Recognizes changes
in a patient's condition and provides appropriate interventions as
necessary. Consults with other team members as required, notifies
providers to report changes in patient condition and implements
orders in a timely manner. Exercises independent judgment in
providing safe nursing care to the laboring patient, stable
neonate, recovering, ECU and postpartum patient. - 4. Performs
appropriate duties during the laboring process, during a vaginal
delivery, cesarean delivery and during the immediate postpartum
period. Supports breastfeeding and provides education related to
newborn. Provides safe medication administration using the
patient's 6 rights, provides maintenance, maintenance and
management of IV access, performs POC monitoring and demonstrates
safe infection control practices. Supports appropriate positioning,
assessment and management of pain and provides emergency
resuscitation care to the neonate and patient in the Labor and
Delivery area. 5. Completes appropriate documentation. Maintains
accurate and timely entries and notations in patient care records
and hospital documents. Ensures that all records and documents meet
the standards, goals, and objectives of the assigned department and
Parkland. - 6. Works with other staff in providing direction to
non-nursing staff. Participates in information exchanges with
nursing and other Parkland staff that support the standards,
missions, goals and objectives of the department and Parkland.
Provides appropriate hand off any time care is relinquished. Seeks
and utilizes direction from more experience staff and team members
as needed. Serves as a preceptor or trainer to newer nursing staff
members, as needed. - 7. Identifies ways to improve work process
and improve patient and customer satisfaction. Makes
recommendations to supervisor, implements and monitors results as
appropriate in support of the overall goals of the department and
Parkland. - 8. Stays abreast of the latest developments,
advancements and trends in nursing practice by attending
seminars/workshops, reading professional journals and actively
participating in professional organizations. Maintains State of
Texas Licensure as a Registered Nurse, plus any additional required
licensures/certifications. Integrates knowledge gained into current
work practices. - 9. Employee commits to working a minimum of 36
hours per week to include at least one weekend per pay period when
the Hospital has the need. Employee is required to work two (2)
major holidays and one (1) minor holiday during the designated
periods. (Major Holidays: Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's
Eve and New Year's Day //Minor Holidays: Labor Day, Thanksgiving,
Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July//Weekends are defined as
3:00PM Friday to 7:00AM Monday) - 10. The employee will not be
eligible for pay increases with evaluations. - 11. The employee
will be required to float to areas within skillset as needed and
must maintain competency. - 12. Employees in the RN PRN program
will be classified in a regular relief status with no benefit
eligibility. - 13. Employees in this program will accept the
assignments given by the Hospital, to include accepting on-call
assignments. Employees will be expected to float as needed to
clinical departments for which the Hospital has deemed them
qualified and competent. - 14. The Hospital does not guarantee any
work or minimum number of hours per week. - 15. Employees must have
two years of prior work experience in their specialty area to be
eligible to participate in the RN PRN program but also must have
two years overall nursing experience. - 16. Employees identified as
not meeting the scheduling requirements set forth in the job
description. Should they not meet the scheduling requirements,
staff will be performance managed and encouraged to seek roles for
which they can meet the scheduling requirements. - #LI-SS1 Parkland
Health and Hospital System prohibits discrimination based on age
(40 or over), race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy),
sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic
information, disability, national origin, marital status, political
belief, or veteran status. -As part of our commitment to our
patients and employees' wellness, Parkland Health is a tobacco and
smoke-free campus.
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