Registered Nurse - Med Surg Nights

LCMC Health; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

LCMC Health in New Orleans seeks an experienced registered nurse to lead patient care on nights. You’ll prioritize, coordinate, and delegate care touchpoints while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective direct care.

You will monitor patient conditions, educate families, maintain infection control standards, and advocate for patients and their families. Join a team that values compassion, teamwork, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Current Louisiana nursing license.
• American Heart Association BLS certification.
• PALs certification.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize, coordinate, and delegate all care touchpoints for patients.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate direct care.
• Maintain and monitor patient conditions, and respond to changes or questions.
• Provide patient and family education using appropriate resources.
• Adhere to Joint Commission infection control and environment of care requirements.

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION Your job is more than a job. Let’s it’s you’re. You sweat the small stuff and bring all you’ve. You love the range of nursing skills it demands, and that there’s “never-a-dull-moment” that’s. Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your “little something extra” all add up to you. And we’re you’ll Your Everyday Take the lead: prioritizing, coordinating, and delegating all care touchpoints for your patients. Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members to ensure appropriate direct Maintain and advocate Monitor and engage with your patients, families, and appropriate care significant events, patient condition changes, or patient questions and concerns. Prevent and treat wounds. Monitor and execute Joint Commission infection control and environment of care requirements. Ensure continuity of care, efficient throughput, consistent communications, and an exceptional experience for every patient. Advise and consult with supervisor when unable to complete assignments or perform tasks promptly, effectively, or safely. Initiate patient and family education using appropriate resources Contribute to the team by others without being asked.

The Must-Haves Minimum: Current nursing license to practice in Louisiana and as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing. Current American Heart Association BLS certification. Current PALs certification. Your Extras Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one‑size‑fits‑all, think See opportunities, not problems – it’s Cheerlead Love what makes you, you - because we do.

WORK SHIFT: Nights (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary. Lakeview Hospital, the center of LCMC Health’s extraordinary community of care on the Northshore, provides the only Level II trauma center in St. Tammany Parish. Along with our signature healthcare and wellness services, we continuously adopt the latest treatments, technologies, and medical innovations to better serve our patients. Learn more about Lakeview Hospital and our nationally recognized standards of excellence for heart, stroke, orthopedic, and women’s care.

Your extras Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one‑size‑fits‑all, think one‑of‑a‑kind care. See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do. You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things make the difference.