Registered Nurse (RN) NICU

Our close-knit NICU unit is looking for top skilled nurses. Is that you?

Work location: Texas Health Plano, 6200 West Parker Road, Plano, Texas, 75093

Work hours: Full Time, 36 Hours; 7:00pm - 7:00am

NICU Department highlights:

• 45 bed Level IV NICU caring for babies as early as 22 weeks gestation

• Family centered care with new family center

• Strong staff engagement and collaboration

• Leadership supportive of staff and growth and development through NCAP program

Since 1991, Texas Health Plano has served the communities of Plano, Frisco, Carrollton, Addison, Richardson, and McKinney. We're a 386-bed, full-service hospital serving North Texas with incredible care and amazing people. We specialize in emergency medicine and trauma, cardiology, neurosurgery and spine, advanced orthopedics, women's services, adult and adolescent behavioral health, an adult intensive care unit and state of the art and technologically advanced surgical services. Plus, we're a Level II Trauma Facility, the only health care facility in Collin County to have achieved both the Level IV NICU and Level IV Maternal facility designation and have a DNV-certified Comprehensive Stroke Program.

Texas Health Plano is a four-time Magnet-designated hospital, the only AACN Beacon Gold adult intensive care unit in the DFW area, accredited by the Joint Commission in Hip and Knee Replacement and a Primary Heart Attack Center. We offer top-notch benefits including an on-site childcare center created for working parents. You belong here.

Here's What You Need

• Diploma in Nursing or

• Associate degree from an accredited Nursing program required

• BSN preferred

• One-year experience as a clinical nurse, or completion of an RN residency program.

• One year of NICU experience strongly preferred

• RN - Registered Nurse Upon Hire Required

• BCLS - Basic Cardiac Life Support prior to providing independent patient care and maintained quarterly

• NRP - Essential Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 days required

• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 90 days required

• NRPA - Advanced Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 90 days required

What You Will Do

• Assesses the patient

• Plans the care of the patient

• Intervenes as appropriate

• Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions

• Incorporates age specific safety/infection control measures into patient care.

• Initiates action to meet patient and/or significant others need for information

• Maintains continuity of patient care inter-shift, inter-hospital, and while expediting out of hospital transfers.

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Nurse

• Benefits include 401k, PTO, medical, dental, Paid Parental Leave, flex spending, tuition reimbursement, Student Loan Repayment Program, well as several other benefits.

• Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education, nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

• Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

• A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

• Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we've won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

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