Registered Nurse Cath Lab Pre Post PRN

HCA Houston Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition assistance

Certification support

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Retirement plan with 401(k) match

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare West is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide safe, effective care in the Cardiovascular/IMCU Unit. The role reports to the Director/Manager and focuses on delivering high-quality patient care in a fast-paced environment.

You will utilize current nursing knowledge, participate in unit meetings, and support orientation of new staff while maintaining patient safety and infection control standards. A strong team orientation and commitment to excellence are essential.

Qualifications

• Current licensure in Texas as a Registered Nurse.
• Current BLS (American Heart Association) required.
• ACLS required within 6 months of date of hire/transfer.
• NIH Stroke Scale certification required within 60 days of date of hire/transfer.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates proficiency in performance of job-related technical skills.
• Demonstrates current knowledge of medications, actions, contraindications, and adverse reactions.
• Attends and actively participates in unit meetings.
• Serves as a participant on Nursing service committees and/or unit projects.
• Maintains and improves personal nursing knowledge/competence through goals and self-development.
• Assists in orientation of new employees.
• Ensures personal safety and patient safety.
• Includes infection control in nursing care.
• Keeps informed of changes through Meditech and other tools.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Patient safety goals.
• Completes other duties assigned.
• Adheres to the Customer Service Principles of West Houston Medical Center.

Skills

Patient care

Medication knowledge

Professional nursing development

Job description

Strong staffing Support when it matters most. Technology and tools that streamline patient monitoring and communication to help you work more efficiently. Robust supply chains to keep you fully equipped. Ongoing clinical education to improve your skills. As a Registered Nurse at HCA Houston Healthcare West, you’ll have all the staffing support, technology and resources you need to deliver safe, high-quality care—so you can focus on what you do best.

Job Summary And Qualifications

Under the general direction of the Director/Manager, of the Cardiovascular/IMCU Unit, the Registered Nurse is responsible for the provision of safe and effective care to patients admitted for specialized care.

What You Will Do In Your Role

• Demonstrates proficiency in performance of job-related technical skills
• Demonstrates current knowledge of medications, actions, contraindications, and adverse reactions.
• Consistently attends and actively participates in unit meeting
• Serves as a participant on Nursing service committees and/or unit projects
• Accountable for maintaining and improving own professional nursing knowledge/competence through establishment of personal goals and continuous self-development
• Uses job knowledge/proficiency of skills to successfully assist in orientation of new employees
• Ensures personal safety and the safety of patients and visitor
• Includes principles of infection control in nursing care implementation
• Keeps self-informed of various changes and concerns through the use of Meditech, communication books, etc.
• Demonstrates knowledge of Patient safety goals.
• Completes other duties assigned
• Adheres the Customer Service Principles of West Houston Medical Center

What qualifications you will need

• Current licensure in Texas as a Registered Nurse.
• Previous experience in clinical nursing, preferred.
• Current license as a RN from the State of Texas Must have a current BLS (American Heart Association)
• Must have a current ACLS or obtain within 6 months of date of hire/transfer
• Must have a current NIH Stroke Scale or obtain within 60 days of date of hire/transfer

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location

HCA Houston Healthcare West is a full-service, 300+ bed hospital that has been offering exceptional care to the West Houston communities for over 30 years. We proudly provide Houston residents with exceptional healthcare, including a vast-array of medical services from board-certified doctors and nationally accredited departments. We are recognized as a Certified Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and under an affiliation agreement with The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, we are able to bring our community The Woman’s Hospital of Texas at West Houston, a three-story cardiac and critical care tower. The Sugar Land Cancer Center and the Sugar Land Diagnostic Center, departments with HCA Houston Healthcare West, provide additional services to meet the needs of our community. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC

Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive

HCA Healthcare

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