Registered Nurse (RN) – Serving Patients w/ Special Needs

Location: Denton, TX
Professional: Registered Nurse (RN)
Employment Type: Part Time / Full Time
Job ID: CS-16537
Date Added: 02/17/2022

Are you are a licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Texas looking for a FRESH START? If so, we can help. Cell Staff is a national healthcare staffing company with multiple open positions throughout Texas. Our client is currently seeking RNs to work a State Supported Living Facility in Denton, TX.

Position Description:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
  • Performs focused interview to identify specific patients needs.
  • Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychosocial changes in the patient's condition.
  • Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses.
  • Documents the patient's plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions.
  • Identifies and prioritizes actions based upon patient care requirements.
  • Monitors consistency between patient plan of care and actions of medical staff.
  • Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standard.
  • Provides a safe, comfortable and therapeutic patient environment.
  • Initiates and evaluates patient and/or family education.
  • Revises the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions.
  • Documents patient's response to nursing and other interventions.
  • Uses clinical judgment in evaluation activities to meet patient care needs of an assigned unit/floor including establishing priorities.
  • Monitors the safety and effectiveness of the environment and equipment.
  • Participates in activities to facilitate good interpersonal communications with the chosen facility.
  • Supports professional practice by observing the following: Uses knowledge and practices in accordance with 1) the Nurse Practice Act; 2) Standards of Nursing Practice; 3) Standards of Patient Care; 4) JCAHO, state and local laws; 5) Patient's Bill of Rights; and 6) Cell Staff, nursing and client hospital policies.
  • Other duties as assigned

Minimum Requirements:

  • Current Registered Nurse License for Texas.
  • Full command, verbal and written, of the English language.
  • Current Health Certificate (if applicable).
  • Current PPD or Chest X-Ray.
  • One year prior professional nursing experience preferred.
  • Current BLS card.
  • Successful completion of screening tests for the clinical specialty area(s) in which the RN practices with a score of 80% or greater
  • Cell Staff background screening

Physical/Work Environment Requirements:

  • May work at off-site facility/ client site
  • May be exposed to blood-borne pathogens, chemotherapeutic and toxic chemicals

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