Registered Nurse RN Surgical Med Surg Acute Care

HCA Houston Healthcare; Webster (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision

401(k) plan with match

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is seeking a Surgical Stepdown Registered Nurse to provide high-quality, patient-centered care in alignment with nursing standards. You will collaborate with medical providers, care teams, and families to ensure outstanding patient outcomes and safety.

Responsibilities include planning and evaluating care for assigned patients, telemetry assessment, and maintaining a supportive, educational environment for patients and families.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing is required.
• BSN is required.
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date).
• Current BLS Certification (American Heart Association)
• ACLS Certification (American Heart Association) required within 6 months of hire
• 1-year of clinical Med Surg experience as a licensed RN in an acute care setting required.

Responsibilities

• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for assigned patients.
• Participates in activities to plan, measure, assess and improve the quality of patient care.
• Assume the responsibility of charging the unit, as needed.
• Assessment of patient with telemetry monitoring.
• Maintaining customer friendly atmosphere.
• Model and reinforces behavior consistent with goals for teaching the patient, communicates patient status to appropriate member of the healthcare team, and provides support to the family, as needed.

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing

BSN is required

Tools

Telemetry monitoring equipment

Job description

Work Schedule: 3 days per week, 7p-7a/Rotating Weekends

Stroke response times nearly half of the national average. Cutting-edge SPOT Technology that detects sepsis earlier than the human eye. An Enhanced Surgical Recovery program that reduces opioid prescriptions and post-surgical readmissions. As a national learning health system, we're transforming care delivery, advancing clinical outcomes, and empowering our nursing teams in a collaborative effort to give people a healthier tomorrow. Join us!

Job Summary And Qualifications

As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in line with the requirements of the department and the standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. Collaborating with medical providers and the care team, you will provide personalized, comprehensive, and compassionate care, following established nursing models such as "Assess, Perform, Teach, and Manage." You will also act as an advocate for patients, families, and caregivers, embodying the organization's vision, mission, and values to ensure an outstanding patient experience and positive clinical outcomes.

What you will do in this role:

• You will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for assigned patients
• You will participates in activities to plan, measure, assess and improve the quality of patient care.
• You will assume the responsibility of charging the unit, as needed.
• You will be responsible for assessment of patient with telemetry monitoring.
• You will be responsible for maintaining customer friendly atmosphere.
• You will model and reinforces behavior consistent with goals for teaching the patient, communicates patient status to appropriate member of the healthcare team, and provides support to the family, as needed.

What qualifications you will need:

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing is required
• BSN is required
• Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date)
• Current BLS Certification (American Heart Association)
• ACLS Certification (American Heart Association) required within 6 months of hire
• 1-year of clinical Med Surg experience as a licensed RN in an acute care setting required

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake, 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

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake is a 530+ bed hospital where sophisticated, world-class medicine meets the comfort, care and convenience of a community hospital. For more than 40 years, we have proudly been providing high quality, cost-effective, comprehensive healthcare to the Houston Bay Area. We opened our doors in 1972 and now employ 2,000+ staff members and 900+ physicians in a wide range of specialties. Our specialists offer more talent and experience than any other hospital in the region. We are a Level II Trauma Center and the only exclusive heart hospital south of Houston. Our accredited center provides nationally-recognized care in the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and recovery of cardiovascular diseases. HCA Houston Healthcare Clear Lake offers a variety of other services, including Woman Services, Pediatric Care, Breast Diagnostic Center, ACR-accredited Imaging Center, Wound Care Treatment Center featuring Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, and much more. 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.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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We are interviewing candidates for our Surgical Stepdown Registered Nurse opening.