Job Description
Baylor Frisco Medical Center is looking for a full time ED RN on the day shift.
The RN has the responsibility to plan, direct, organize, coordinate, and implement all nursing care services for emergency department patients in a manner suitable to accepted standards of care. He/she ensures the highest quality and safe delivery of patient care and maintains compliance with professional nursing TJC and all Federal and State standards of care. The RN cares for all ages, from newborns to mature adults.
- Performs direct patient care within the scope of the RN practice act and according to hospital policies and procedures.
- Demonstrates knowledge and skill level necessary to assess patient's psychosocial, educational, and physical needs, as well as the ability to address these needs in an age-appropriate manner in the pediatric, adolescent, adult, and/or geriatric patient population.
- Responds quickly and appropriately to emergencies.
- Develops and prioritizes plan of care to attain measurable goals.
- Identifies educational needs, implements and evaluates learning, and documents patient/family education.
- Manages acute and chronic pain in all patients but especially post-procedure or surgical patients, to assist in alleviating suffering and improving healing.
- Delivers medication based upon continual assessment, safety, and evaluation of patient response.
- Responds to patients presenting to the hospital with healthcare need and perform triage, follows policies and procedures for follow-up.
- Follows all documentation policies.
- Utilizes MediTech system for registering a patient as needed, entering orders, discharging patients, and ability to print lab reports.
- Ability to support moderate sedation as needed.
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Required Skills:
- Graduate of an accredited RN School of Nursing.
- At least three years experience as an RN in an Emergency Room setting.
- RN, current in the State of Texas
- BLS, ACLS and PALS or ENPC required within 90 of employment
- Ability to make decisions based on nursing judgment.
- Able to prioritize and organize workload to meet the needs of patients and the unit.
- Strong communication skills, verbal and written.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Frisco, TX |
| Industry | Healthcare Services |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Year Founded | 1998 |
| Website | http://www.uspi.com/ |
About Company
Strength in Numbers
United Surgical Partners International (USPI) and Tenet have combined forces to create the nation’s largest ambulatory surgery provider. Our combined network of exceptional surgical and imaging facilities includes approximately 20 imaging centers, and over 265 short-stay surgical facilities. Together, our partnerships include 50 health systems and more than 4,000 physicians.
Nationwide Experience
Our partners deliver high quality ambulatory solutions in safe, efficient and caring USPI facilities in communities of every size across 29 states. Our physician partners are focused on providing quality patient care, in part because they are invested in their USPI facility. We provide the infrastructure and support they need to perform their best. This is one of the advantages of partnering with USPI.
Quality Patient Services
We share a vision with our physician and health system partners. Our goal is to provide the quality of healthcare services we would insist upon for our own families. Since our founding in 1998, this goal has helped us grow exponentially. Today, our strategic joint venture with Tenet establishes USPI as one of the nation's leading providers of ambulatory solutions.
Operating Excellence
Our size and experience in developing and operating ambulatory facilities and strategic vision allow our facilities to achieve both high patient satisfaction and solid financial results. Moreover, because we engage physicians in the governance and growth of the facility, we also achieve excellent clinical outcomes.