Overview
Join an award-winning team of dedicated professionals committed to our core values of quality, compassion and community! Harlingen Medical Center, a member of Prime Healthcare, offers incredible opportunities to expand your horizons and be part of a community dedicated to making a difference.
Harlingen Medical Center is a Level IV Trauma Designated hospital that specializes in Cardiovascular Service, Emergency Services, Neuroscience, Orthopedic Services, Radiology, Rehabilitation Services and Surgical Services. Harlingen Medical Center has provided high-quality “Patient Focused Care” to the residents of Western Cameron County for more than 15 years. Harlingen Medical Center, one of South Texas’s best kept secrets, offers patients the best of both worlds--a warm, caring environment, close to home while providing the wide range of services and expertise typically found in much larger facilities.
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Responsibilities
The Registered Nurse in Hemodialysis is responsible for the delivery of safe patient care utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation. Provides direct patient care within the scope of practice. The Registered Nurse also directs and guides patient/family teaching and activities of other nursing personnel while maintaining standards of care in the Hemodialysis Unit. The Registered Nurse is directly responsible and accountable for the care given to his/her assigned patients; He / She communicates with the physician about changes in the patient?s clinical condition including hemodynamics, results of diagnostic studies and abnormal results and symptomatology. Is able to respond quickly and accurately to changes in condition and/or response to Dialysis treatment. Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality.
Qualifications
Education and Work Experience
Current and valid Texas RN License.Current BLS (AHA) certificate required upon hire and maintain current.ACLS certificate within 90 days and maintain current.One year as a staff RN in acute care hemodialysis unit preferred.Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.Current Behavioral Violence Prevention (BVP) certificate within 6 months of hire and maintain current.
Harlingen, Texas
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