Critical Care Nurse

St. Luke's Hospital - Lufkin; EE. UU.; Presencial; USD 70.000 - 100.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

St. Luke's Health - Memorial Lufkin is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide compassionate, high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment.

You will perform comprehensive assessments, implement care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes. The role requires at least 1 year of RN experience, an active TX RN license, and current BLS, with ACLS within 6 months.

Formación

• RN experience with direct patient care.
• TX RN license required upon hire.
• BLS CPR within 14 days; ACLS within 6 months.

Responsabilidades

• Assess patients and provide individualized care.
• Develop and document care plans and goals.
• Implement treatments and safety protocols.
• Reassess patients and adjust care as needed.
• Give bed-side report to oncoming shift; ensure continuity.
• Maintain a safe, organized patient care environment.

Conocimientos

Compassionate patient care

Critical thinking

Team collaboration

Communication

Educación

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Descripción del empleo

Where You'll Work

St. Luke's Health - Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. We're the area's first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, with board-certified neurologists and neurosurgeons offering full-spectrum stroke care. Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin offers compassionate, comprehensive health care, including off-campus rehab and outpatient facilities and services. In addition to its large emergency department, there are 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN, wound care, infusion and lab services.

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 thrive in this vital 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.

Assessment

Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient's condition. Provides nursing care to meet the patient's physical, psychological and spiritual needs. Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.

Planning

Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.

Implementation

Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.

Evaluation

Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs.

Report Skills

Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker's experience, abilities and the patient's acuity.

Environment & Patient Safety

Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space. Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to appropriate location. Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction. Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.

Job Requirements

Required

• At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire and
• Associate Of Nursing Nursing, upon hire or
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire