Graduate Nurse - Palliative Medicine *Up to $6,000 Hiring Bonus*

Company: Providence Health & Services
Location: Lubbock
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Job Description:

Covenant Health is seeking a Full Time, Night Shift, Graduate or Registered Nurse for the Palliative Medicine Unit at Covenant Medical Center.



Location: Lubbock, TX


Schedule: Full time - 72 Biweekly Hours


Shift: 12-hour, Nights



The RN independently uses the nursing process to safely, therapeutically and efficiently care for a group of patients. Uses information from a variety of sources to assess, plan, implement, identify outcomes and evaluate patient's plan of care.






Minimum Qualifications:

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• Must meet the criteria to sit for the NCLEX examination and become licensed in the state of Texas.
  
  
• Candidates must meet the criteria to sit for the NCLEX examination and become licensed in the state of Texas or approved compact State as a Registered Nurse
  
  
• BLS (AHA) certification within 30 days.
  
  
• ACLS within 1 year.
  
  
• Specialty certification required for promotion to RN IV.
  
  
  
  
  
  Preferred Qualifications:
  
  
  
  
  
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  • Bachelor's Degree Nursing; must achieve within 5 years of employment as a Registered Nurse; required for promotion to RN IV.
    
    
    
    
    
    Our best-in-class benefits (https://covenanthealth.jobs/employee-benefits/) are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our mission (https://www.covenanthealth.org/about-us/mission-vision-and-values/) of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
    
    
    
    Covenant Health is celebrating over 100 years of serving Lubbock and our South Plains region. As the oldest and largest health system in Lubbock and the region, we currently employ over 5,200 people with a medical staff of over 600 physicians.
    
    For over 100 years, Covenant has been driven by a mission of providing a Christian ministry of healing and caring for the whole person - mind, body and spirit. Our vision and differentiator is we are the only faith-based, integrated health network in the West Texas/eastern New Mexico region dedicated to a Christian ministry of healing.
    
    As an expression of our mission, we believe we hold an important Covenant with our patients and try and treat every interaction as Sacred Encounters.
    
    Our ministry includes six hospitals with over 1,100 licensed beds:
    
    Covenant Medical Center - CMC
    Covenant Children's
    Covenant Specialty
    Covenant Plainview - PLV
    Covenant Levelland - LVL
    Trustpoint (joint venture: Rehab Hospital of Lubbock)
    Covenant Medical Group (CMG)
    Covenant Health Partners
    Hospice of Lubbock
    
    Covenant Health's total service area includes 25 counties that covers most of West Texas and eastern New Mexico. The service area covers approximately 750,000 people and approximately 35,000 square miles.
    
    Covenant provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Covenant complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Positions specified as "on call, per diem" refers to employment consisting of shifts scheduled on as "as needed basis" to fill in for staff vacancies.
    
    
    Company: Covenant Health
    
    Category: Medical/Surgical Nursing
    
    Req ID: R361629
    

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