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St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center; United States; On-site; USD 56,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center in Pasadena, TX is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide compassionate, high-quality care across inpatient and outpatient services.

You will perform assessments, implement care plans, and collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to promote patient recovery and safety. Candidates must have an Associate degree in Nursing or higher, an active RN license in Texas, and BLS/CPR certification.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in Nursing or equivalent.
• At least 1 year RN experience.
• Texas RN license upon hire; CPR/BLS within 14 days.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient condition and provide nursing care.
• Design, direct, and document the plan of care for patients and families.
• Perform treatments, administer medications, and monitor responses.
• Provide patient and family teaching and discharge planning as appropriate.
• Maintain patient safety and report changes to the care team.

Skills

RN experience

CPR

BLS

Education

Associate degree in Nursing

Bachelor of Nursing

Job description

Where You'll Work

St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services to residents of Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Baytown, and Clear Lake. The facility includes 53 medical/surgical beds, eight ICU beds and three endoscopy rooms, and offers a range of primary and specialized services-wound care, general surgery, gastroenterology, occupational health, heart and vascular, women's services, diagnostic imaging, outpatient rehab services, and sleep disorders.

Job Summary and Responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To thrive in this vital role you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

Assessment

Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient's condition. Provides nursing care to meet the patient's physical, psychological and spiritual needs. Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.

Planning

Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.

Implementation

Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.

Evaluation

Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs.

Report Skills

Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker's experience, abilities and the patient's acuity.

Environment & Patient Safety

Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space. Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to appropriate location. Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction. Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.

Job Requirements

• Associates Other in Nursing
• One (1) year of RN experience
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
• Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
• Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days

Preferred

• Bachelors Of Nursing