Outpatient OR PACU RN

CommonSpirit Health; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 48,216 - 75,768; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver compassionate, high‑quality care in Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center within the Texas Medical Center.

You will perform thorough assessments, implement individualized care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support patient recovery and safety. Responsibilities include admission assessments, planning and documenting care, facilitating treatments, and providing bedside shift reports to ensure seamless continuity

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing and one year RN experience.
• TX RN license required.
• CPR within 14 days; ACLS within 6 months.

Responsibilities

• Performs admission and ongoing patient assessments and notifies changes.
• Designs, directs, and documents the plan of care and discharge needs.
• Prepares patients for treatments and reports changes to the team.
• Reassesses patients and modifies care as needed.
• Delivers bedside shift reports for continuity of care.

Skills

Patient assessment

Care planning

Bedside report

Medication safety

Education

BSN

Tools

CPR Certification

ACLS Certification

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.

Responsibilities

• Assessment: Performs 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 the previous shift.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing and one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire.
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire.
• Registered Nurse: TX license, upon hire.
• Basic Life Support – CPR, within 14 days.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 months.

Where You’ll Work

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is a 1,045‑bed facility located in the Texas Medical Center. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, it is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence, with 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. The new McNair Campus spans 27.5 acres and is designed around the human experience, modeled on evidence‑based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians.

Pay Range

$35.45 – $55.36 /hour