Registered Nurse (RN) Inpatient Pediatric Float Pool (Nights)

Texas Children's Hospital; Katy (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's Hospital West Campus is seeking a Pediatric Float Pool Registered Nurse (RN) to join a fast-paced hospital environment. You will assess, plan, educate, implement, and evaluate age-appropriate, family-centered care across multiple pediatric units and critical care areas.

Shifts available: Nights 7p-7a. You will float to ICUs, Acute Care, PACU, IR, and ER, requiring flexible, collaborative clinical skills and strong communication with families and care teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing or equivalent enrolled in BSN program required or agreement for BSN equivalency.
• 9 months nursing experience (minimum).
• RN license by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse Licensure Compact.
• CPR – Basic Life Support (AHA).
• Strong interpersonal, time management, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Performs and documents patient/family assessments across biophysical, psychosocial, developmental, cultural, spiritual, and environmental needs.
• Analyzes patient status, anticipates problems, and updates care plans accordingly.
• Communicates changes to the care team and documents in the medical record.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and care conferences, with proper documentation.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Written and verbal communication

Critical thinking

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Associate’s degree in nursing

Current enrollment in BSN program or nursing bridge

Job description

Job Description

We are searching for an Pediatric Float Pool Registered Nurse (RN) - 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.

Job Description

We are searching for an Pediatric Float Pool Registered Nurse (RN) - 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.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

Looking for critical care experience

Pediatric experience

• Will float to all ICUs, Acute Care, PACU, IR, and ER**

Shifts available

Nights 7p-7a

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 experience in professional nursing (minimum)
• 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

Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus is Houston’s first community hospital designed, built and equipped exclusively for children in one of the city’s most rapidly growing communities in the area from Sugar Land to Bryan-College Station, Texas. Located at I-10 and Barker Cypress, our 515,007-square-foot hospital houses the only 24/7 pediatric emergency room in the Greater West Houston area, four operating rooms, 16-bed pediatric intensive care unit, 46 acute care beds, advanced imaging services including MRI and CT scans, a neurophysiology sleep lab, a pathology lab and a full-scale pharmacy.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

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.