Ardent Health Services
Tyler, TX, USA
Job Description Overview Join UT Health East Texas as a FULL TIME, Night Shift, RN Acute Care LTAC! $20,000 SIGN ON BONUS Advancing Healthcare Together – The Future of Healthcare is in East Texas Why UT Health Specialty Hospital? LTAC is unique in that is it provides care for critically ill patients over an extended period of time. LTAC patients typically require three modalities of service (respiratory, PT/OT, wound care, nutrition, IV antibiotics, etc.) and stay in the hospital for an average of 25 days. The multi-disciplinary approach used on LTAC allows nurses to hone a variety of skills, while cultivating meaningful relationships with patients over the course of their stay. Occupying two floors within UT Health Tyler, UTHET LTAC has access to the same resources and services available to the region’s only Level I Trauma hospital. LTAC nurses are encouraged to attend 8 weeks of critical care training in the acute hospital ICUs to help prepare...