Registered Nurse (RN) - Virtual Care Network

Texas Children's Hospital; Oregon; Hybride; USD 85 000 - 105 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Texas Children's Hospital is seeking experienced Virtual Nurses to support bedside teams with admission, discharge teaching, and education through a technology-enabled care model.

This onsite role in the Meyer Building requires strong communication, teaching, and collaboration skills to empower patients and families, with shifts 12:30pm–9:00pm and weekend rotation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or enrollment in BSN program.
• Current licensure with the State Board of Nursing (TX) or compact.
• Current BLS from American Heart Association.
• 9 months of professional nursing experience.

Responsabilités

• Assess patient/family biophysical, psychosocial, developmental, culture, spiritual, and environmental needs and document.
• Analyze situations, anticipate problems, detect status changes, and adjust care plan.
• Re-prioritize and update plan; communicate changes to the team and document.
• Participate in interdisciplinary rounds and care conferences; document in chart.
• Assist patients/family in executing the care plan as appropriate.
• Assess learning needs, capabilities, and readiness to learn before teaching.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills with patients, families, and staff.
• Administer and document medications and treatments timely.
• Pursue new knowledge and skills to improve performance.
• Participate in unit performance improvement initiatives.

Connaissances

Strong communication

Collaborator

Educator

Critical thinking

Formation

Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN) or enrollment in BSN program

Current RN licensure (TX or compact)

Current BLS certification (AHA)

9 months nursing experience

Outils

EPIC EHR

Description du poste

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. Texas Children's Virtual Care Network is seeking experienced, innovative nurses who are passionate about patient- and family-centered care and excited to help transform how nursing care is delivered. Virtual Nurses partner with bedside nurses to provide admission support, patient and family education, discharge readiness, and discharge teaching through technology-enabled care model. This role is ideal for nurses who are strong communicators, educators, collaborators, and critical thinkers and who are comfortable using technology to support patients, families, and bedside care teams. As a Virtual Nurse, you remain an essential part of the nursing care team while helping create additional capacity for bedside nurses to focus on direct patient care. This position is onsite at our Meyer Building, and schedule will be 1230p-9pm (8hr shifts that will including rotating individual weekend shifts)

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 or other degree in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement
• Current licensure with the Board of Nursing for the State of Texas or Nurse Licensure Compact
• Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association
• 9 months of professional nursing experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 2yrs of nursing experience
• Acute Care experience and ability to cross-train to cover NICU and Mother/ Baby
• Proficiency with EPIC (or comparable electronic health record systems)
• Ability to conduct virtual patient intakes and provide patient education via phone or digital platforms
• Strong clinical judgment and critical-thinking skills
• Excellent communication and patient/family education skills
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams
• Comfortable with technology and virtual care delivery
• Strong organization and time-management skills
• Adaptable and innovative, with the ability to navigate changing workflows
• Commitment to patient- and family-centered care

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.

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.