You'll care for stroke, seizure, Parkinson's, MS, medical overflow and telemetry patients on a 30-bed neuro tele unit.
Posted Oct 15 · “· One (1) year experience as a registered nurse, or completion of an RN residency program required” from the posting
Shift and hours
Nights, 7P-7A Work hours: Full Time (7P-7A) Weekend and holiday requirements
Unit and setting
Neuro Tele Department provides care to a wide variety of Neuro Tele patients with diagnosis such as Stroke, Seizures, Parkinson, MS, Medical overflow and Telemetry.Stroke, seizure, Parkinson's, MS, medical overflow and telemetry patients
License
RN license Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hireCurrent RN license or compact license recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing, upon hire
Term
Permanent Work hours: Full Time (7P-7A) Weekend and holiday requirementsFull time
Do you qualify?
License
Current RN license or compact license recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing, upon hireCurrent RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hireCheck your license
Certification
Current BLS before providing independent patient careCurrent BLS prior to providing independent patient care required
Certification
ACLS within 90 daysACLS within 90 days required
Certification
CPI trainingAfter hire · within 90 days of hireCPI training within 90 days of hire required
Education
Nursing diploma or associate degree in nursingNursing Diploma Or Associate Degree in Nursing required; BSN preferred
Experience
1 year as a registered nurse, or completed RN residency programOne (1) year experience as a registered nurse, or completion of an RN residency program required
Preferred
Certification
NIHSS within 6 months of hireNIHSS within 6 months of hire preferred
Education
BSN
Experience
2+ years Med/surg, Neuro or Tele RN in acute care, including charge/preceptor skills2+ years of strong Med/surg, Neuro or Tele RN experience in acute care setting including charge/preceptor skills preferred
What it pays
Benefits
Benefits401kBenefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
Handoffs between shifts and hospitals, and expediting transfers out of the hospitalMaintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.
Unit size
30-bed unitNeuro Tele Department (30 bed)
Hours stated
Full Time (7P-7A) Weekend and holiday requirements
Weekends
Weekend shifts requiredWeekend and holiday requirements
Scheduling
Self-scheduling offered
Holidays
Holiday shifts required
Details
Self-schedulingSelf-Scheduling that helps with work/life balance as well as opportunities for educational and career growth
The workplace
Texas Health Resources
Health system employer
Hiring contact
Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.
Bring your passion to Texas Health where we are Better + Together
Work location: Texas Health Fort Worth, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104
Work hours: Full Time (7P-7A) Weekend and holiday requirements
Department highlights
Self-Scheduling that helps with work/life balance as well as opportunities for educational and career growth
Robust Unit Based Council (UBC) and engaged leadership team
Neuro Tele Department (30 bed) provides care to a wide variety of Neuro Tele patients with diagnosis such as Stroke, Seizures, Parkinson, MS, Medical overflow and Telemetry. This unit has had many DFW Great 100 Nurses and is known for their teamwork.
Here’s What You Need
Nursing Diploma Or Associate Degree in Nursing required; BSN preferred
Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire
Current BLS prior to providing independent patient care required
ACLS within 90 days required
CPI training within 90 days of hire required
One (1) year experience as a registered nurse, or completion of an RN residency program required
2+ years of strong Med/surg, Neuro or Tele RN experience in acute care setting including charge/preceptor skills preferred
NIHSS within 6 months of hire preferred
What You Will Do
Delivers care to patients utilizing the Nursing Process
Assesses the patient
Plans the care of the patient
Intervenes as appropriate
Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions
Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.
Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information
Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.
Additional perks of being a Texas Health Nurse
Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.
Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.
Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
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Nurses and young professionals most often land central: Arlington Heights, Downtown lofts/condos, Fairmount’s Craftsman and Victorian streets off Magnolia Avenue, and TCU-Westcliff/Mistletoe Heights. Reddit locals advise staying central as far south as the TCU area, plus west-central/River Oaks and Camp Bowie.
Renter lists also flag West 7th, the Cultural District, Clearfork, and Wedgwood; families and luxury buyers look at Tanglewood, Westcliff, and Rivercrest estates by the Trinity and River Crest Country Club.
Getting around+Citywide average commute is about 27 minutes, but locals and city guides repeatedly flag heavy traffic and sprawl as the daily tax of growth. Downtown is the transit hub: Trinity Metro buses, Fort Worth Central Station, and the Trinity Railway Express into Dallas; Apartments.com scores downtown walkability 80, transit 50, drivability 70, bikeability 70, with competitive street parking on evenings and weekends. Sources do not map drives to specific hospitals, so hospital-shift timing is not documented here—plan around car dependence outside the core and TRE/bus only if you live and work along those spines.
Citywide average commute is about 27 minutes, but locals and city guides repeatedly flag heavy traffic and sprawl as the daily tax of growth. Downtown is the transit hub: Trinity Metro buses, Fort Worth Central Station, and the Trinity Railway Express into Dallas; Apartments.com scores downtown walkability 80, transit 50, drivability 70, bikeability 70, with competitive street parking on evenings and weekends.
Sources do not map drives to specific hospitals, so hospital-shift timing is not documented here—plan around car dependence outside the core and TRE/bus only if you live and work along those spines.
Outdoors+The Trinity River system is the city’s outdoor backbone: Trinity Trails and Trinity Park, with Tanglewood and Overton Park as nearby green add-ons. Fort Worth Botanic Garden (called free and proposal-worthy by locals) and the Fort Worth Zoo (residents often rank it above Dallas and among the state’s best) are the big named attractions; Water Gardens downtown are a day-and-night stop. Westcliff has Foster Park and Bluebonnet Circle. For non-museum, non-bar days, locals also send people indoor climbing at Summit. Stockyards cattle runs are twice daily and function as both spectacle and outdoor street life.
The Trinity River system is the city’s outdoor backbone: Trinity Trails and Trinity Park, with Tanglewood and Overton Park as nearby green add-ons. Fort Worth Botanic Garden (called free and proposal-worthy by locals) and the Fort Worth Zoo (residents often rank it above Dallas and among the state’s best) are the big named attractions; Water Gardens downtown are a day-and-night stop.
Westcliff has Foster Park and Bluebonnet Circle. For non-museum, non-bar days, locals also send people indoor climbing at Summit.
Stockyards cattle runs are twice daily and function as both spectacle and outdoor street life.
Fort Worth is still Cowtown in a way Dallas is not: twice-daily cattle runs in the Stockyards, two-stepping at Billy Bob’s Texas, and a Cultural District that actually delivers—the Kimbell and Tadao Ando’s Modern—plus Sundance Square’s free plaza music, Bass Performance Hall, and the Water Gardens. Nurses who want a short, walkable life look at downtown lofts (Trinity Metro and the TRE to Dallas), Arlington Heights and Camp Bowie near museums and Trinity Park, Fairmount off Magnolia Avenue, or TCU-Westcliff. The tradeoffs are not subtle: summer highs over 95°F, a 27-minute average commute that locals say is worsening with sprawl, crime about 49% above the national average and wildly uneven by neighborhood, tornado risk, and public schools that swing from Tanglewood/Westcliff praise to citywide “uneven,” which is why families often shop Aledo, Haslet, Midlothian, or Weatherford. If you want cowboy identity, real museums, and a live-where-you-work core, this is the distinct DFW bet—if you need mild summers or uniform school quality, it is not.
