Nurse Practitioner - Specialty Care jobs in Brownsville, TX

$20,000 Sign-on Bonus!

FT Night Med Surg RN

About Us

Cornerstone Healthcare Group, a segment of ScionHealth, provides excellent healthcare services to our patients, residents and their families by empowering the hands that heal.

Our employees make a difference, join us so you can too! We pride ourselves on our quality of care, responsive service, and commitment to excellence. We treat each employee, patient and resident like we would a member of our own family, and measure our success by the direct impact we have on improving the quality of life for our employees, patients and residents.

Responsibilities:

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the direct and indirect nursing care of all patients ranging in age from 18 years to geriatric experiencing medically complex conditions, general medical-surgical conditions, with rehabilitation and/or wound care needs.

The Registered Nurse (RN) duties include:

• The overall direction and supervision of all patient care during his/her shift.
• Demonstrates the knowledge and skill to carry out the nursing process when providing patient care.
• Satisfies the established standards of the nursing practice.
• Supervises and delegates patient care tasks to LVN/LPN or CNA and other patient care team members.
• Promotes teamwork with physicians and personnel of other departments.
• As appropriate, the registered nurse takes into consideration the patients’ age in the performance of any task.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to project a professional image.
• Knowledge of regulatory standards and compliance requirements and hospital policies and procedures.
• Working knowledge and ability to apply professional standards of practice in job situations.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Working knowledge of personal computer and software applications used in job functions (Order entry, data input etc.)

Education and/or Experience:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of professional nursing. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: 

• A Registered Nurse who is currently licensed to practice, in good standing, by the state of employment.  
• Must maintain current ACLS certification throughout employment. 
• ACLS certification is required upon hire for ICU nurses.