Registered Nurse (RN)-Burn Intensive Care Unit at Test New Server – Lubbock, Texas
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Lubbock, Texas, 79415, United States
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Registered Nurse (RN)-Burn Intensive Care Unit
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Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center
Job Location: Lubbock, TX
Shift: 7p-7a
Status: Full Time
Hours per Pay-period: 72-84
Description
UMC’s Timothy J. Harnar Regional Burn Center is one of only four certified burn centers in Texas, and is one of only 47 regional burn centers in the United States. UMC’s coverage area encompasses a vast expanse of New Mexico, Western Oklahoma, Southern Kansas and all of West Texas making it the third largest geographic area of all regional burn centers in the country. The Timothy J. Harnar Regional Burn Center is also the 11th busiest regional burn center. In 2011 we treated 350 major burns, 250 minor/outpatient burns, more than 300 life threatening wounds, and we had over 1,650 clinic visits. Our burn center is also one of only three units continually verified since 1993.
Today, the Timothy J. Harnar remains the only burn center in the region. It serves patients from throughout the Southwest and is known nationally as a leader in the care and treatment of burn patients. Through our affiliation with Texas Tech's School of Medicine, UMC's Burn Center also is a leading force in research on burn treatment.
The burn service at UMC's Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center is verified by the American Burn Association and by the Committee on Trauma of the American College of Surgeons. This achievement recognizes the burn center's dedication to providing optimal care for our patients.
The primary mission of University Medical Center's Timothy J. Harnar Burn Center is to meet the needs of this region by providing an unequaled level of care in the treatment of all facets of burn injury. This is accomplished through a multidisciplinary effort that endeavors to consider all aspects of a person's life, including his or her physical, social, spiritual and psychological well-being.
Our Secondary mission is to continue to increase the body of scientific knowledge available to all burn centers through our innovative research activities. Finally, we hope to decrease the incidence of burn injury through education of the public by continuing our community outreach programs.
Nurses working in the burn center care for patients of all ages with burns and other soft tissue injuries from admission to discharge. The burn center uses a team approach to care, meeting the needs of the most critically ill and complicated wound patients.
Qualifications
- Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing
- Valid Texas Graduate Nurse Permit required.
- Current CPR certification from American Heart Association.
- Customer service abilities including effective listening skills.
- Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work in a fast paced environment.
- Ability to perform work that requires walking, sitting and standing most of the time while on duty. Occasional lifting or patients with assistance is required.
- Full-time benefit package inclusive of health and dental coverage
- Competitive compensation based on education and experience
- Relocation assistance package if relocating > 75 miles / To reside in Lubbock, Texas
- Educational Reimbursement for BSN / MSN
- Eligible for overtime pay after 40 hours per week
- Eligible for yearly annual increase
- Eligible for Career Ladder after 12 months
- Uniform Payroll deduction
- Certification Exam reimbursement
- Long Term Disability/Group Life Insurance/Group Dependent Life Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Tax Sheltered Annuity Program
- Supplemental Insurance Programs
- Healthcare and Dependent care spending accounts
- PTO and Extended Illness
- UMC's Children's Hospital was the first to have neonatal and pediatric intensive care units.
- UMC maintains the region’s only Level I Trauma Center.
- UMC's Timothy J. Harnar Regional Burn Center is the burn center between Dallas and Phoenix.
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