Charge Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department
Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together
Work location: Texas Health Dallas, 8200 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, TX 75231
Work hours: PRN/As needed, Night shifts (7p-7a) Weekend and Holiday requirements
Emergency Department highlights:
Self-Scheduling that helps with work life balance
Opportunities for educational and career growth
Robust Unit Based Council (UIL) and engaged leadership team
Fast-paced, high-volume department averaging 200 patients per day
Nursing Diploma Nursing Required Or
Associate's Degree Nursing Require Or
Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred
1 Year Experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting. Required
2 Years Experience as a Registered Nurse in an acute care setting. Preferred
2 Years Experience as a Registered Nurse in an Emergency Department
RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required And
BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly Upon Hire Required And
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support 90 Days Required And
PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support 90 Days Require And
CPI - Crisis Prevention Intervention Training Maintained Annually 90 Days Required And
TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course 6 Months Required Or
ATCN - Advanced Trauma Care Nurse 6 Months Required
A high degree of confidentiality, positive interpersonal skills, and ability to function in a fast-paced environment
What You Will Do
Texas Health’s nursing theory is the Quality Caring Model developed by Dr. Joanne Duffy. A nursing theory has principles that underlie the art of nursing and drive the science behind our practice. The eight caring factors listed below must be demonstrated by all nurses, and charge nurses must model this behavior consistently.
Basic Human Needs - Responds to others' priorities regarding safety, physical, psychological and social needs.
Human Respect - Honors worth of humans through unconditional acceptance.
Affiliation Needs - Engages family/caregivers in health care situations.
Appreciation of Unique Meanings - Concerned with understanding others frame of reference.
Mutual Problem Solving - Professional behaviors that help patients and families understand how to confront, learn about, and think about their health and illness; involves a reciprocal, shared approach with resulting decisions acceptable to involved parties.
Attentive Reassurance - Listens and concentrates on others. Is reliable, available and attentive.
Encouraging Manner - The professional nurse communicates an attitude that is supportive, open, positive and tolerant.
Healing Environment - The professional nurse creates settings that provide privacy, safety, confidentiality and tranquility.
Additional perks of being a Texas Health Charge Registered Nurse
Benefits include 401k, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Discount Programs, as well as other benefits.
Delivery of high-quality patient care
Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).
A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
Entity highlights
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas has advanced health care in North Texas for over half a century as one of the region’s most established hospitals. As an 875-bed, full-service hospital, we’ve served the Dallas community and surrounding areas since 1966 with a commitment to high-quality, compassionate care.
We specialize in cancer care, cardiology, neurosciences, women’s services, and emergency medicine. Our hospital is home to a renowned Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence. We also offer a wide range of outpatient services, including surgery, wellness programs, and advanced women’s imaging. In recognition of our commitment to innovation in women’s health, our Women’s Robotic Surgery program was recently accredited as a Center of Excellence in Robotic Surgery by the Surgical Review Corporation (SRC), a leading organization dedicated to advancing patient safety in surgery.
Texas Health Dallas is a Joint Commission-certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, Level I Trauma Center, and Comprehensive Heart Attack Center. We are proud to be a designated Magnet hospital and a top choice in North Texas for cancer treatment, emergency services, cardiac care, and bariatric surgery.
If you’re ready to join us in our mission to improve the health of our community, then let’s show the world how we’re even better together!
Learn more about our culture, benefits, and recent awards.
Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org
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Texas Health Hospital Rockwall is proud to serve the growing areas of Rockwall County, Kaufman County, Hunt County, eastern Dallas County, southern Collin County and outlying areas. Our commitment is to provide not only safe, high quality care but to combine that with compassion, understanding and personal attention. This commitment has garnered us many local and national awards, including recognition as a CMS 5 Star hospital awarded to just 10% of those hospital surveyed nationally!
Located on 33 acres in Rockwall just south of interstate 30, Texas Health Rockwall offers 60 inpatient beds for acute medical and surgical needs. The hospital continues to grow and visiting campus today you will find a Women's Imaging and Breast Center, a bariatric clinic, an ambulatory surgery center and a variety of physician practices all dedicated to our evolving community health needs. You will see that our long awaited expansion is well underway! This expansion, focused on a healthy future in this high growth area of North Texas, will double the size of our hospital adding more patient beds, a Level 2 NICU, Cardiac Cath Lab and expanding other departments including Labor & Delivery, OR and the emergency room.
What makes us different? Simply put, it is how we approach caring for you. From the focus on safety to the personal attention we provide, our patients should feel right at home at Texas Health Rockwall. As Cindy Perrin, hospital president says, "The difference is found in the heart of our facility – our staff and physicians - and in the way we love, respect and care about our community and each other. We treat our hospital like our home, treat each other like family, and treat our patients like neighbors. It's just who we are!
Texas Health Hospital Rockwall is a joint venture owned by Texas Health Resources and physicians dedicated to the community and meets the definition under federal law of physician-owned hospital.