Qualifications
Come join our team at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Denton!

Texas Health Resources, the largest faith-based hospital system in North Texas, is committed to our nurses and patients by making healthcare human again.  If you share in our mission, to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve, we would like to hear from you.

Our Emergency Department is searching for a Registered Nurse on a full time basis.   The ideal candidate must posses a high degree of confidentiality, have positive interpersonal skills, and be customer service focused.  The ability to function in a fast-paced environment is essential.

Qualifications for this position include:

* Graduate of an accredited nursing school
* Current Texas RN license
* BLS, ACLS required
* ENPC and/or TNCC preferred
*CEN preferred
* One year previous ED experience required with two years total in nursing

Texas Health Resources provides a competitive benefits package:

*Tuition Reimbursement for you and your dependants
*401K matching
*Flexible spending accounts
*THR Well wellness plan
*Retirement
*Short & Long Term Disability
*On site child care facilities at some locations
*On site work out facilities at some locations

This position is 7PM — 7AM for a total of 36 hours per week and rotating weekends.

Duties
The following are essential job accountabilities:
Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
Ability to perform head to toe assessment on all patients and reassessments as per policy.  This includes neonatal, pediatric, adolescent and geriatric patients and the general patient population.
Assesses, plans, implements and educates patient/family on appropriate pain management. Ability to monitor hemodynamic status of patient and correctly interpret the results.
Demonstrates knowledge of cardiac monitoring, identifies dysrhythmias and treats appropriately.  Specialty unit employees must meet clinical competency standards specific to the assigned patient care area. Accurately assigns triage categories.
Maintains accurate and continued nursing documentation including patient histories, conditions, treatments, responses and assessment of changes. Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity.  
Identifies and addresses psychosocial, cultural, ethnic and religious/spiritual needs of patients and families.  
Functions as liaison between administration, patients, physicians and other healthcare providers.
Demonstrates knowledge of the principals of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age appropriate care to the patients served.  
Able to interpret data about the patient’s status in order to identify each patient’s age specific needs and provide care needed by the patient group.



Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton, located in Denton, Texas, is a comprehensive, state-of-the-art facility, serving people across North Texas and Southern Oklahoma with 255 all-private beds. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations (JCAHO) and has a broad range of services, including Open Heart Surgical Services, The Center For Women, including midwifery and water births, A Comprehensive Cardiac Services Department with Chest Pain Accredited designation, Outpatient Surgical Services, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), 64 slice Computerized Tomography (CT), Bone-Density Screening, Wound Management/Ostomy Center, Hospital-based CareFlite, 28 all-private-bed Emergency Department, Accredited Mammography, Oncology Services, Physical Therapy, Lithotripsy, Sleep Studies and Sports Medicine.

Texas Health Resources is an equal opportunity employer that celebrates diversity at all levels of our organization. EOE/AA/M/F/D/V