Registered Nurse (RN) Float Pool Critical Care (ICU) Nights

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children\'s Hospital in Houston is seeking a Nightshift Pediatric Registered Nurse to join our Float Team, providing high-quality, family-centered care across multiple pediatric units. You will assess, plan, educate, and implement care while engaging families in the healing process.

Qualified candidates will have a nursing degree and Texas RN license (or eligibility), CPR/BLS, and at least 9 months of pediatric or ICU experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or equivalent with BSN bridge enrollment or related pathway accepted for RN licensure by Texas BON.
• 9 months professional nursing experience required.
• RN license by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient/family needs in an organized, systematic manner.
• Analyze status and anticipate problems; adjust plan of care accordingly.
• Document changes and communicate with health care team; participate in rounds.

Skills

Interpersonal communication

Time management

Critical thinking

Written communication

Education

Nursing degree (BSN/ADN) or equivalent with BSN bridge enrollment

Texas RN license or license eligibility

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for a Nightshift Pediatric Registered Nurse (RN) for our Float Team - someone who works well in a fast-paced hospital setting. In this position you’ll provide quality nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating age-appropriate care in a manner that incorporates family centered principles and cost-effective care.

Float Pool Teams

• Flex Team: floats to All ICU floors, All Acute Care floors and the EC.
• Critical Care Team: floats to all ICU floors, inclusive of EC, Bone Marrow Transplant, and Adult Congenital Heart.

Acute Care

• General Med/Surg Transplant
• Surgical/Ortho
• Rehab
• Neuro
• Pulmonary/Endo/Adolescents
• PHMU
• CPCU
• Cancer Center

Critical Care

• CICU (3 floors)
• PICU (4 floors)
• Bone Marrow Transplant
• NICU (3 different levels)
• EC
• Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Preferred 2 years EC and/or ICU RN experience

Pediatric experience preferred

Shift: Nights 7p-7a (Full & Part time available)

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing, associate’s degree, or technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an associate’s degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license required or must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward an MSN with a verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement.
• 9 months professional nursing experience (required)
• RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact
• CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
• The ability to demonstrate positive and appropriate interpersonal skills, good time and resource management skills, flexibility, strong oral and written communication skills, knowledge of unit-specific equipment, and knowledge of the nursing process, critical thinking skills, PALS, and interdisciplinary collaboration

As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family including biophysical, psychosocial, developmental (age-appropriate), culture, spiritual, and environmental needs in an organized and systematic manner
• Analyzes situations, anticipates potential problems, and detects changes in patient status
• Re-prioritizes and updates plan of care based on new information and changes to the patient’s condition; communicates this information to other health care team members and documents in the medical record
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and/or patient care conferences and documents in the medical record

About Us

Since 1954, Texas Children's has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years.

Texas Children's comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children's Health Plan, the nation's first HMO focused on children; Texas Children's Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children's Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation.

Texas Children's is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.