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Registered Nurse -Burn Unit (Progressive Care Unit) - Sign On Bonus

Company: Methodist Hospital
Location: San Antonio
Posted on: July 22, 2021

Job Description:

Description

SHIFT: Days (rotating weekends)
SCHEDULE: Full-time


SIGN-ON Bonus Offered

 

Here at Methodist Healthcare, our everyday decisions are founded on compassion. Apply today and join a team that is dedicated to serving others in need.  

 
We offer you a generous benefits package including:
  • Medical, Dental, Disability and Life Insurance
  • 401 K Retirement
  • Sign-On and Relocation Bonuses
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off
  • Employee Discount Program
  • Employee Stock Purchase Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Student Loan Repayment

Burn Reconstruction Unit:

8 bed Critical Care Unit. With a 1 to 1 or 2 to 1 patient ratio. 

22 bed Progressive Care Unit.  With 3-4 to one patient ratio.

The patients receiving care can have the following:

  • Steven Johnsons
  • TEN-Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis
  • Total Body Surface Area burn varying in size and nature
  • Skin integumentary issues such as pressure injuries, necrotizing fasciitis

This unit is truly a multidisciplinary approach to the care of burn and deep wound injury patients.

 

The Registered Nurse (RN) II is the patient and patient’s family advocate. The RN consistently applies and utilizes the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills, and leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to patients. The RN collaborates with the patient care team to achieve quality patient outcomes. Communicates and utilizes interpersonal skills effectively and role models confidence and professionalism within nursing by active engagement in unit and organizational activities. Demonstrates team work, adaptability, and is a resource person to the patient care team. The RN is accountable for the quality of nursing care services delivered by self or others under their direction in accordance with the Texas Nurse Practice Act, hospital policies, and the Texas Board of Nursing rules for delegated nursing tasks (Chapter 224).   Promotes a positive image of nursing and demonstrates team work and adaptability through consistently following the standards of Methodist Excellence.                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

 Critical factors to your success include:

 

 
Applies nursing judgment through a thorough, systematic approach of applying the nursing process to include:
• Assessment: Conducts comprehensive, timely, and ongoing focused physical, psycho- social and pain assessments; includes assessment of patient education needs.
• Planning: Utilizes the assessment, identifies problems, makes nursing diagnoses, formulates goals, teaching plans and outcomes to create an individualized plan of care. Identifies individual patient goals, readiness to learn and incorporates family into the plan of care.
• Implementation: Prioritizes and implements a competent, prioritized and efficient nursing plan of care.
• Evaluation/Reassessment: Consistently conducts timely evaluation, anticipates and recognizes changes in patient conditions, determines when reassessments are needed and adjusts the plan of care as necessary. Compares expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the plan of care.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:
  • You should be a graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree nursing program. If you have a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or certification in your specialty area you will be considered more highly qualified and eligible for our RN position.
  • You should possess your RN License to practice as a professional RN in the state of Texas or an Active Multi-State RN Compact License. If you have a Compact License you will be required to obtain a Texas RN License within 90 days of hire.
  • You should have a current BLS and ACLS certification
  • You should have 6 months of clinical experience as a licensed RN in the specialty area of hire.

Methodist Hospital opened in 1963 as the first hospital in the now internationally acclaimed South Texas Medical Center. From the beginning, we've recognized the unique needs of each of our patients. It's a process that we continue to improve on, creating ways to better serve the community when they need us the most. With 1013 beds, Methodist Hospital offers a broad range of specialties including cardiology, cancer care, bone marrow transplants, emergency medicine, neurosciences, maternity care, gynecology and orthopedics.

As the flagship hospital of the Medical Center and of the Methodist Healthcare system of hospitals, we appreciate the support and recognition we receive from the community having been ranked No. 1 in the Express-News Reader's Choice Awards. We also enjoy being the most preferred hospital in San Antonio, as consistently reported by the Consumer Research Corporation. Methodist Hospital has been nationally recognized by Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade A, accredited by the Joint Commission in stroke care, and designated as an accredited Chest Pain Center. For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Methodist Hospital under Locations. 

 

If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are actively interviewing so apply today!

 

sylvia.melancon@hcahealthcare.com recruiter

 

 

 

 

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

 

 

 

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Keywords: Methodist Hospital, San Antonio , Registered Nurse -Burn Unit (Progressive Care Unit) - Sign On Bonus, Other , San Antonio, Texas

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