Cancer Center RN

CommonSpirit Health; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston seeks a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide compassionate, high-quality inpatient care and support patient recovery.

You will perform assessments, execute care plans, document thoroughly, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to uphold patient safety and improve outcomes. Requires TX RN licensure and BLS certification; 1 year of RN experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelors of Science - Nursing is required.
• Registered Nurse licensure in Texas is required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through AHA within 14 days is required.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes nursing process to provide cost-effective, quality-focused patient care.
• Performs ongoing assessments, develops diagnoses, and plans interventions.
• Documents thoroughly in patient/unit records per standards.
• Provides patient/family teaching on pain, nutrition, skin integrity, fall prevention, and discharge in.</p>

Skills

Patient care

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor of Science - Nursing

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

• Utilizes the nursing process to ensure appropriate patient care is provided in a cost effective, quality driven, and patient focused manner. Collects pertinent social, psychological, developmental and spiritual data from the patient, significant others and other health care team members.
• Performs as ongoing assessment, formulates nursing diagnosis and goals, plans appropriate interventions, and evaluates the outcome of the interventions.
• Consistently documents in the patient and unit records according to written health system standards of care in order to meet legal and quality patient care requirements.
• Provides appropriate teaching and information to patients and families including information on Pain Management, Nutrition, Skin Integrity, Fall prevention, Diabetes, Disease Process, Smoking Cessation, and Discharge instructions.
• Demonstrates commitment to the goals and values of the patient, Hospital, community and nursing profession through cost containment measures, maintaining confidentiality, appropriate ethical decision –making, and ensuring patient safety.
• Uses interventions substantiated by research as appropriate in the patient population, Participates in research activities, identifies opportunities for research, and collaborates with the Outcomes managers and department.

Job Requirements

• Bachelors of Science - Nursing
• One (1) year of RN experience
• Registered Nurse: TX
• Basic Life Support - AHA, within 14 - days

Where You'll Work

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.