New Grad RN: Yearlong Mentored Onboarding

CHRISTUS Health; Longview (TX); On-site; USD 54,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

CHRISTUS Good Shepherd offers a yearlong developmental and onboarding program to help newly licensed registered nurses obtain the skills and confidence necessary for high-quality patient care through evidence-based training and critical thinking alongside experienced professionals.

Each new graduate is enrolled in a comprehensive orientation and assigned a home unit preceptor who guides them through a structured curriculum of progressive skill development and patient care assignments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.
• Six months to a year of experience as a licensed RN or holder of an active GN permit.
• BLS required

Responsibilities

• Meets expectations of the OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Patient Care Planning
• Develops a comprehensive nursing care plan which addresses all significant needs and problems identified through nursing assessment.
• Prepares nursing elements of the interdisciplinary care plan prior to the initial team conference.
• Reviews and updates nursing care plan and collaborates with team members as changes occur.
• Patient Care Provision
• Implements patient care as planned in nursing care plan and interdisciplinary care plan.
• Sets priorities based on knowledge of patient acuity and patient needs.
• Provides safe and therapeutic care and seeks resources when appropriate.
• Safely performs and accurately documents procedures, consistent with established nursing policy and procedure.
• Patient Care Evaluation
• Evaluates patient response to interventions and attainment of goals in collaboration with interdisciplinary team.
• Evaluates progress toward nursing goals and revises goals as needed on a weekly basis.
• Completes nursing progress note for assigned patients on a daily basis.
• Completes nursing flow sheets for assigned patients on a daily basis.
• Teaching
• Evaluates education needs of patient and significant others and documents their response to teaching.
• Utilizes, adapts, and revises teaching resources to meet patient education needs.
• Explains procedures, tests, and disease process to patients and families as needed.
• Acts as role model for health care students and other team members.
• Acts as preceptor to assigned orientees.
• Assists in the orientation of new staff by sharing knowledge and experience.
• Patient Care Communication
• Reports and documents accurately and concisely to appropriate persons the patient's condition.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Applies basic verbal and nonverbal skills to maintain open, effective communication among care team members, patients, and significant others.
• Encourages direct discussion between staff members when differences occur and seeks assistance to arbitrate differences as needed.
• Gives and accepts constructive feedback appropriately.
• Identifies actual and potentially unsafe patient care practices, reports them in the designated manner, and suggests alternatives.

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing

Job description

CHRISTUS Good Shepherd offers a yearlong developmental and onboarding program to help newly licensed registered nurses obtain the skills and confidence necessary for high-quality patient care through evidence-based training and critical thinking alongside experienced professionals.

Each new graduate is enrolled in a comprehensive orientation and assigned a home unit preceptor who guides them through a structured curriculum of progressive skill development and patient care assignments.