Main Emergency Room RN

Catholic Health Initiatives; Houston (TX); In loco; USD 48.000 - 77.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, TX is actively seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver compassionate, high-quality patient care across a collaborative interdisciplinary team.

You will perform assessments, implement care plans, and participate in patient safety initiatives to support recovery and outcomes. Key responsibilities include admission assessments, planning and documentation of the care plan, and clear bedside reporting to ensure continuity of care across shifts.

Competenze

• BSN and at least 1 year of RN experience required.
• TX RN license upon hire.
• BLS/CPR within 14 days of hire; ACLS and PALS within 6 months.

Mansioni

• Assess patient condition and provide comprehensive nursing care.
• Plan, implement, and document the plan of care and discharge needs.
• Prepare patients for treatments and maintain safety protocols.
• Reassess and adjust care as patient needs change.
• Greet and document shifts to ensure continuity of care.
• Maintain safe patient environment and report hazards.

Conoscenze

RN experience

CPR

ACLS

PALS

Formazione

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Descrizione del lavoro

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

• Bachelors Of Science Nursing and At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire

• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and

• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days and

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months and

• Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 6 - months

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.

Pay Range

$35.45 - $55.36 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.