Registered Nurse Medical Surgical

Weatherford, TX
Full Time
Entry Level

 POSITION SUMMARY

As a Medical-Surgical Unit at Weatherford, you can expect to provide healing to a variety of diagnoses and populations such as post-surgical, orthopedic, and neurological/stroke. The diversity of Med/Surg will provide constant learning and the ability to approach each patient with confidence. Unlock the possibilities in your nursing career by joining a team that cares like family. 

 POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

  •  Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing standards of care set by the state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agencies regulations.
  •  Performs and documents patient assessments and reassessments following nursing and departmental policies and procedures, using appropriate techniques for data collection and analysis at regular and indicated intervals.
  • Utilizing data collection in the assessment, and collaboration with other health care providers formulates a plan of care and updates as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes. 
  • Performs interventions based on critical thinking and technical skills assimilated from assessment, reports, and information communicated by other health care providers to achieve optimal outcomes.

EDUCATION

  •  BSN is Required (However, if candidates only have an ADN they are required to enroll in a BSN program within 6 months of hire and complete it within 36 months)

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

  •  Current Texas State Licensure as a Registered Nurse (Compact license is accepted but TX State RN license required within 30 days of hire)
  •  Current BLS and ACLS from American Heart
  • Med/Surg certification preferred

EXPERIENCE

  • Must have at 1 year of  Med Surg experience. 
  • Willing to speak with candidates that don't have recent acute care experience. However, as long as it is not more than 5 years that they have not been in acute care. 
  • MUST have acute care experience

SPECIAL NOTES:

  • 13 Beds with an 8-bed overflow
  • Hire manager is really big on candidates' personalities and is the right culture fit for the unit. She looks for stable employment on the resume

Shifts: Days & Nights- Rotating Weekends

Benefits Include:

  • Sign-On Bonuses, Relocation Assistance, Full Health-Care Benefits, Student Loan          Reimbursement, and others.

Salary: $51,800 - $82,500/YR - BOE 

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