Progressive Care Nurse

CommonSpirit Health; Lufkin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's Health - Memorial Lufkin seeks a Registered Nurse to deliver compassionate, high‑quality care in a fast‑paced hospital setting. You will perform assessments, implement care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.

Ideal candidates hold an Associate Degree in Nursing, CPR/BLS, and a commitment to patient safety within a dynamic East Texas health system affiliated with CommonSpirit Health.

Qualifications

• Assoc. degree in nursing required; TX RN license on hire
• At least 1 year of RN experience upon hire
• Registered Nurse license in TX on hire
• CPR/BLS certification within 14 days

Responsibilities

• Assessment: admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition. Provides nursing care to meet physical, psychological and spiritual needs.
• Planning: designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care including discharge needs for patient/family.
• Implementation: prepares patients for treatments, reports changes to physicians, and follows safety protocols.
• Evaluation: reassesses patients after interventions and adjusts care as needed.
• Report Skills: provides bedside shift reports and ensures continuity of care to oncoming staff.
• Environment & Patient Safety: maintains safe environment and reports safety concerns immediately.

Skills

Patient assessment

Critical thinking

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Communication skills

Education

Associate Degree in Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

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‑ness 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
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing, upon hire and

Where You'll Work

St. Luke's Health - Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. We're the area’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, with board-certified neurologists and neurosurgeons offering full-spectrum stroke care. Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin offers compassionate, comprehensive health care, including off-campus rehab and outpatient facilities and services. In addition to its large emergency department, there are 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN, wound care, infusion and lab services.