Join our team for 2024! Laredo Medical Center's (LMC) Skilled Nursing unit is now hiring a PRN (AM) Registered Nurse (RN) to work at LMC's 326 bed acute care hospital. The department is an 18 bed unit in the main campus of Laredo Medical Center. Opportunities to work with the geriatric population as well as rehab for many other post acute needs including surgical, neuro, cardiac and more. Employees in this units report directly to the Director of SNU. The Hospital is located in sunny Laredo, Texas, just 150 miles south of historic San Antonio.

Position's Purpose and Essential Functions:

• Evaluates assigned patients and plans, implements and documents nursing care.
• Assists physicians during examinations and procedures.
• Performs various patient tests and administers medications within the scope of practice of the registered nurse.
• Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Performs a variety of tasks.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department.

Applicants Job Requirements Include:

• Required: Graduate of an accredited RN program.
• Required: Licensed as a R.N. by the Texas State Board of Registered Nurse Examiners.
• Required: Internship or 3 months experience as an RN.
• Required: BLS. Must be completed prior to patient contact.
• Letter(s) of Recommendation are preferred for applicants with less than 1 year of applicable experience in nursing.
• Must successfully pass any pre-employment assessment(s) required by the facility.

Experience

• 1 year(s): 1 year Skilled Nursing Experience and/or Med Surg

Education

• Associates or better

• Bachelors or better

Licenses & Certifications

• L-TX-RN License
• C-AHA BLS Basic Cardiac

Behaviors

• Loyal: Shows firm and constant support to a cause
• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
• Enthusiastic: Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest
• Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Motivations

• Job Security: Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe
• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

• Peer Recognition: Inspired to perform well by the praise of coworkers