Day Surgery RN

St. Luke’s Hospital - Brazosport; Lake Jackson (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's Health-Brazosport Hospital in Lake Jackson, Texas is seeking a Registered Nurse for its Float/Flex Team.

The RN will provide individualized, high-quality care, perform skilled procedures, and implement comprehensive care plans within an interdisciplinary team focused on optimal patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• BSN degree required.
• Minimum 1 year RN experience.
• TX RN license required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) / CPR certification within 14 days of hire.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process to provide patient care in a cost-effective, quality-driven, patient-focused manner.
• Performs ongoing assessments, formulates diagnoses and goals, plans interventions, and evaluates outcomes.
• Documents in patient and unit records according to hospital standards to meet legal and quality requirements.
• Provides patient and family teaching on pain management, nutrition, skin integrity, fall prevention, diabetes, discharge instructions.
• Demonstrates commitment to hospital values, patient safety, confidentiality, and ethical decision-making.
• Engages in evidence-based practice and collaborates with Outcomes managers and department.

Skills

RN experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Registered Nurse license (TX)

Job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN) on our Float/Flex Team, you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery while presenting a positive attitude and being reliable,

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.

• 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

Required

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and At least one (1) year of RN experience, 24 - months and
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Where You'll Work

St. Luke's Health-Brazosport Hospital is located on a beautiful, 25-acre campus in Lake Jackson, Texas. Offering state-of-the-art diagnostic and comprehensive treatment services, our hospital is home to a 154-bed patient tower, level III trauma center, advanced cardiac care center, and full-service, multidisciplinary cancer center. Our team consists of over 100 board-certified physicians and nearly 600 highly skilled employees to meet our patients’ medical needs. South Brazoria County’s premier healthcare system, St. Luke's Health-Brazosport Hospital is dedicated to providing quality care with compassion for the communities we serve.