Registered Nurse / RN / CV ICU - CVICU

Company: Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital
Location: Arlington
Posted on: September 19, 2023

Job Description:

Registered Nurse / RN / CV ICURegistered Nurse (RN) Cardiovascular (CV) ICU

Work location: Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital, 811 Wright St, Arlington, TX 76012

Work hours: Full Time, Nights, 36 hours weekly

CV ICU highlights:

* Robust Unit Based Council (UBC) and engaged leadership team
* 47 bed facility including a 20 bed Cardiovascular ICU and a 27 bed Cardiac Telemetry unit.
* Texas Health Heart & Vascular Hospital is accredited for Chest Pain through The Joint Commission.
* We have achieved AHA's Gold Plus award for five years in a row and Beacon Award Silver level through AACN for Cardiac Telemetry and CVICU. We are also 5 star rated through CMS.
* We specialize in CABG and Valve surgeries, TAVR, Impella, IABP, and Lung procedures. As well as general cardiac including heart failure, cardiomyopathies, AMI, post heart catheterization including angioplasty, stenting, electrophysiology studies, and device implantation

Here's What You Need

* Nursing Degree, or Associate Degree in Nursing is required. BSN is preferred. (CLIAFE Must comply with CLIA regulations regarding foreign education equivalency. required.
* Current RN licensure or compact licensure recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing upon hire is required.
* One (1) year of experience as a clinical nurse or completion of an RN residency program is required.
* One (1) year of ICU experience with post op and advanced monitoring equipment including IABP, CRRT, and Impella is highly preferred.
* BCLS is required upon hire with an expiration date greater than 3 months preferred.
* ACLS is required within 90 days of hire.
* CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training is required within 60 days of hire.

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.
* Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we've won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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