L&D Nurse

CommonSpirit Health; Livingston (TX); On-site; USD 87,968,000 - 134,158,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's Health-Memorial Livingston, part of CommonSpirit Health, is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver compassionate, high-quality care on a fast-paced unit.

You will assess patients, develop and implement care plans with an interdisciplinary team, perform skilled nursing procedures, and ensure patient safety with accurate documentation and handoffs. CPR and NRP certifications are required, with RN licensure in TX upon hire.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing and at least one year of RN experience.
• TX RN license required upon hire; CPR within 14 days; Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient condition and provide nursing care to meet physical, psychological and spiritual needs.
• Design, implement and document the plan of care with the interdisciplinary team to meet discharge needs.
• Prepare patients for procedures, monitor conditions, and report changes to physicians or charge nurse.
• Provide accurate bedside reports and ensure patient safety and appropriate handoffs.

Skills

CPR

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Of Nursing

TX RN license

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 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*

• Associates Degree in Nursing and At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire and
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire and
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days and
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program, within 6 - months

*Preferred*

• Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire

Where You'll Work

St. Luke's Health-Memorial Livingston is a 66-bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. This facility delivers more than 60,000 patient services annually - half through its Level IV trauma-designated emergency department. Patients have access to a wide range of services including orthopedic care, women's health and a state-of-the-art sleep center. Advanced imaging services include MRI, CT, 3D mammography, 4D ultrasound, cardiac echo and more - all close to home.

*Pay Range*

$30.70 - $46.82 /hour