Registered Nurse (RN) - Neuro Progressive Care Unit (PCU) – FT Days
You'll work on a 35-bed cardiac and neuro intermediate unit caring for stroke, seizure and spinal surgery patients.
- Shift and hours
- Day shifts, 6:45AM to 7:15PM · 3–12-hour shifts Work Hours: 36 hours standard 6:45AM - 7:15PM Work Hours: 36 hours standard 6:45AM - 7:15PM (3-12-hour shifts36 hours standard
- Unit and setting
- Cardiac/Neuro Intermediate Unit specializes in neurological, spinal surgeries and conditionsneurological and spinal surgery patients
- License
- RN license Texas State RN license or compact license is accepted OR Nursing DiplomaTexas RN license or compact license
- Term
- Full time Registered Nurse (RN) - Neuro Progressive Care Unit (PCU) - FT Days
Do you qualify?
- License
- Texas RN license or compact license Texas State RN license or compact license is accepted OR Nursing Diploma Check your license
- Certification
- ACLS ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 90 days of hire required
- Certification
- CPI crisis prevention intervention training CPI-Crisis Prevention Intervention training within 60 days of hire is required
- Education
- Diploma or associate degree in nursing Diploma of Nursing OR Associate Degree of Nursing (ADN) Required
Preferred
- Certification
- PCCN PCCN-Progressive Care Certified Nurse is preferred not required
- Certification
- SCRN SCRN - Stroke Certified Registered Nurse is preferred not required
- Education
- BSN BSN Preferred
- Experience
- 1 year stepdown, progressive care or intermediate tele RN experience (1) year Stepdown, Progressive Care or Intermediate (Tele) Care RN experience or three (2) years of Telemetry experience in an acute care hospital preferred
- Experience
- (1) year Stepdown, Progressive Care or Intermediate (Tele) Care RN experience, or three (2) years of Telemetry experience in an acute care hospital
What it pays
Benefits
- Benefits401kBenefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, student Loan forgiveness as well as several other benefits.
- BenefitsPTO
- BenefitsMedical
- BenefitsDental
- BenefitsPaid parental leave
- BenefitsFlex spending
- BenefitsTuition reimbursement
- BenefitsStudent loan forgiveness
The role and schedule
- Patients
- cardiac and arrhythmia patients on drips patients needing cardiac drips, and Arrhythmia patients needing a higher level of care in a non-ICU setting
- Day to day
- expediting out-of-hospital transfers Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.
- Unit size
- 35-bed unit Our 35- bed Cardiac/ Neuro Intermediate Unit
- Hours stated
- 36 hours standard 6:45AM - 7:15PM (3–12-hour shifts, rotating weekend requirements, 2 major and 2 minor holiday requirements)
- Weekends
- Rotating weekends required rotating weekend requirements
- Holidays
- 2 major and 2 minor holidays required 2 major and 2 minor holiday requirements
- Details
- 900-bed hospital Texas Health Dallas is a 900-bed MAGNET-designated hospital
Support on this unit
- Nurse to patient
- 1:4 stated in this posting
The workplace
- Hiring contact
- Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org. Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.
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Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday and call?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are floating and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Telemetry is open from year one. One of the most open front doors in acute care; ACLS and rhythm.
Original listing
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Registered Nurse (RN) - Neuro Progressive Care Unit (PCU) – FT Days Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together Work Location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Ln, Dallas, TX 75231 Work Hours: 36 hours standard 6:45AM - 7:15PM (3–12-hour shifts, rotating weekend requirements, 2 major and 2 minor holiday requirements). Neuro Progressive Care Unit Highlights: Our 35- bed Cardiac/ Neuro Intermediate Unit is a stroke designated unit that specializes in neurological, spinal surgeries and conditions that includes but not limited to seizures, strokes, cervical and lumbar discectomy/fusion, craniotomies for tumor resection, and cerebral aneurysm clipping. Our phenomenal RN team also provides care for cardiovascular patients with conditions such Heart Failure, AMI, pre and post interventional patients (heart Cath, ablations, and pacemakers), patients needing cardiac drips, and Arrhythmia patients needing a higher level of care in a non-ICU setting.
It is a high acuity telemetry/ PCU unit that has standard nurse to patient ratios of 4:1.
What's around it?
Texas
Living costs about 3% below the US average