Registered Nurse Rapid Response

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

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare West in Houston, TX is seeking a Registered Nurse Rapid Response to deliver high-quality, time-sensitive care for patients across the hospital. You will join an experienced team that supports each other and values patient safety.

Responsibilities include responding to Rapid Response calls, Code Blue, Sepsis, and Stroke, coordinating with charge nurses, monitoring postsurgical patients, and educating staff as needed.

Qualifications

• ACLS and Basic Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date.
• ANCC certification for Magnet-recognized organizations must be obtained by hire or within 1 year of employment.
• NIH Stroke Scale must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date.
• PALS Pediatric Advanced Life Support must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date.
• ICU experience required.

Responsibilities

• Respond for Rapid Response calls, Code Blue, Code Sepsis, and Code Stroke.
• Communicate daily with charge nurses to identify high risk patients.
• Monitor surgery schedule and rounds on at-risk post-op patients.
• Provide education and support to staff as needed.

Education

BSN preferred

Job description

As the nation’s largest private employer of Registered Nurses, we’re honored by the trust of over 100,000 nurses and committed to supporting safe, high-quality care for which they can practice. That’s why more than 80% of our hospitals earn an A or B Leapfrog safety grade, rank in the top 5% nationally for patient outcomes through Health Grades, or are recognized as Magnet or Pathway to Excellence facilities. Join us!

Job Summary

We are seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Rapid Response for our facility to ensure that we continue to provide all patients with high quality, efficient care. We are an amazing team that works hard to support each other and we are seeking a phenomenal addition like you who feels patient care is as meaningful as we do.

What You Will Do In Your Role

• You will be responsible to respond for all RRTs (Rapid Response calls), Code Blue, Code Sepsis, and Code Stroke.
• You will communicate daily with each charge nurse to identify high risk patients.
• You will be responsible to monitor surgery schedule and rounds on any “at risk” post op patients.
• You will take on the role of educator and provides support and education to staff as needed.

What qualifications you will need

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Certification Requirement: The successful candidate must possess an applicable certification recognized by the American Nurses Credentialing Center ANCC for Magnet-recognized organizations at the time of hire or obtain the required certification within one (1) year of employment
• NIH Stroke Scale must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date
• PALS Pediatric Adv Life Supt must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date
• BSN Preferred
• ICU experience Required

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare West, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• 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

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

\"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it.\"- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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.

Be a part of an organization that leverages our size to make a real impact in our industry! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Registered Nurse Rapid Response opening. We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.