SAN ANTONIO, TX
Order: 130869
AT Staffing is seeking a Travel Registered Nurse (RN) for a Med/Surg opportunity in San Antonio, Texas.
This position offers a Free Basic Medical and Pharmacy Benefit Plan.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Setting: Acute Care/Hospital
- Specialty: Surgery, Telemetry, Neuro
- Discipline: RN
- Start Date: ASAP
- Duration: 13 Weeks
- Shifts: 12 hours, Day, Night, Flexible
- Schedule: 3 days, weekend availability
- Employment Type: Travel Contract
- Pay: $2,100 Weekly
BENEFITS:
* Free Medical and Pharmacy Benefit Plan coverage, starting on Day 1.
* Tax Free Per Diem/Stipend availability for expense reimbursement.
- * Referral Program
- * Daily Pay - Facility Dependent
- * Live support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
OVERVIEW:
Over fifty years ago, the first AT Staffing office opened its doors in Tyler, Texas with a strong focus on innovation, dedication, integrity, and know-how. Almost five decades later, we have 8 branch locations across Texas to serve our local communities and surrounding states. These branches also serve our rapidly growing travel nursing team across the states. We employ and hire hundreds of medical professionals every year with a unique and personal approach to helping professionals achieve their career and financial goals. We offer benefits not often found with other agencies and have hundreds of job openings in the medical areas of Specialty Nursing, Acute, Post Acute, Long-Term Care, Psych, Rehab, and Therapy.
POSITION SUMMARY:
* Provides direct and indirect patient care in the medical-surgical setting.
* Communicates with physician/manager/co-workers, as appropriate about changes in patient’s clinical condition including results of diagnostic studies and symptomatology.
* Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition or response to treatment.
* Responsible for delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
* Directing and coordinating all nursing care for patients based on established clinical nursing practice standards.
- * Collaborating with other professional disciplines to ensure effective and efficient patient care delivery and the achievement of desired patient outcomes.
- * Contributing to the provision of quality nursing care through performance improvement techniques that demonstrate positive outcomes in patient care.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Deliver individualized, goal-directed nursing care using a systematic approach and according to standards of care, facility’s code of conduct compliance, and policy in collaboration with patients and interdisciplinary healthcare team members
- * Collect patient's health data.
- * Analyze assessment data in determining patient problems.
- * Identify expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
- * Develop a comprehensive plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- * Implement interventions identified in the plan of care.
- * Evaluate patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes.
- * Assist with the plan of care, evaluate, modify and coordinate care and communicate well with other disciplines.
- * Serve as a resource for learning needs of patients, significant others, and families.
- * Provide for the care of multiple patients and/or delegation of care to other members of the healthcare team.
- * Supervise nursing care provided by others for whom the RN is administratively or professionally responsible.
- * Delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel in compliance with the Board of Nursing.
- * Document relevant data according to hospital standards.
- * Conduct discharge planning, assisting the patient/significant others to obtain knowledge about illness, injury prevention, and teaching.
- * Maintain confidentiality with all information.
* Systematically evaluate quality and factors relating to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care
- * Implement Infection Control, Safety and Risk Management Programs in all nursing practices.
* Demonstrate ability to adapt to varied age-specific patient populations.
* Attend departmental meetings per policy.
* Assure supplies and equipment necessary for the care of patients is readily available and in working order.
* Demonstrates knowledge of basic cardiac rhythms and identifies dysrhythmias.
- * Evaluates patients identifying those at risk for falls and implements the appropriate protocols.
- * Exhibits appropriate use of the nursing process: assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of the following disease entities: COPD, pneumonia, diabetes, anticoagulation therapy, total knee/hip replacement, cholecystectomy, CHF, UTI, MRSA infections, Detox, cancer, pain management.
- * Participates in Medical Surgical performance improvement activities.
- * Demonstrates knowledge of standards for restraints and seclusion, i.e. Restraint and Seclusion protocol, physician orders, documentation and reporting, and patient rights and teaching.
- * Knowledgeable of Infection Control, TB, Blood borne Pathogens and Hazardous waste plans.
QUALIFICATIONS / REQUIREMENTS:
- * Associates Degree in Nursing (A.D.N.) or Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.) from an accredited school with unrestricted Texas or Compact State Licensure
* Prefer 2 years of nursing experience in an acute care setting. - * Most recent 12 months in the Med/Surg arena
- * Basic Cardiac Life Support
- * Additional requirements based on facility and unit assignment
- * Position requires fluency in English language to function in job environment appropriately.
- * Good interpersonal, communication, teamwork, and customer service skills.
- * Good organizational, problem-solving and follow-through skills.
- * Ability to multi-task constantly, react to changes quickly/productively, and tolerate interruptions.
- * Ability to perform work when no directions are given and give directions to others.
- Apply With Us below and select "Corporate" as your branch location!
If you need assistance, please get in touch with Jamie or Chris at 903/561-0927
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A.T. Staffing is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.
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