Registered Nurse (RN) - NICU Vascular Access Team

Texas Children's Hospital; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston seeks an experienced Registered Nurse to join the NICU Vascular Access Team. You will be trained to place, manage, and troubleshoot complex lines in critically ill or premature newborns, including PICCs and PIV lines.

The role emphasizes collaboration with neonatologists, adherence to HEART values, and ongoing professional development in a high-acuity environment. Comprehensive benefits and a supportive team await.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing and a current Texas RN license are required.
• 9 months nursing experience minimum.
• CPR – BLS certification from the American Heart Association is required.
• NICU experience and vascular access experience are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Performs and documents assessment of patient/family including biophysical, psychosocial, developmental, culture, spiritual, and environmental needs.
• Analyzes situations, anticipates potential problems, and detects changes in patient status.
• Re-prioritizes and updates plan of care based on new information and communicates with the health care team.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and documents in the medical record.
• Assists patients/family in implementing their role in the plan of care.
• Assesses patient/family learning needs and readiness to learn.
• Demonstrates interpersonal skills with patients, families, and staff.
• Administers and documents medications and treatments timely.
• Shows willingness to acquire new knowledge and skills to improve performance.
• Participates in unit performance improvement initiatives.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Communication

Team collaboration

Patient safety

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

RN license in Texas

CPR – Basic Life Support

Tools

PICCs

PIV lines

Central venous access devices

Job description

Job Description

At Texas Children’s Hospital, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values—Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust,we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day.

Job Description

At Texas Children’s Hospital, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values—Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust,we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day.

Registered Nurse (RN) will work within our NICU Vascular Access Team

This advanced nurse will work alongside a specialized group of clinicians and neonatologists—trained to place, manage, and troubleshoot complex lines in critically ill or premature newborns. Additionally, the nurse will assist with the management, insertion, and maintenance of central and peripheral vascular devices—most notably Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs) and peripheral intravenous (PIV) lines—for critically ill or premature infants.

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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.
• Assists patients/family in implementing their role in the plan of care as appropriate.
• Assess patient family learning needs capabilities, preferences, and readiness to learn prior to teaching.
• Demonstrates positive and effective interpersonal skills when dealing with patients/families, visitors, peers, and other health care team members.
• Administers and documents medications and treatments in a timely manner.
• Demonstrates willingness and ability to acquire new knowledge and utilize new skills needed to improve individual, team, and organizational performance.
• Participate in unit performance improvement initiatives

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 nursing (minimum)
• RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact
• CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
• NICU experience highly preferred
• Critical Care experience preferred
• Vascular Access experience preferred

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

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.

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.