RN Labor and Delivery - System Float Pool Nights

Methodist Healthcare; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Time away from work

Savings and retirement resources

Education support

Additional benefits

Job summary

Methodist Healthcare in Texas is seeking a Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery to deliver quality maternity care using the nursing process. You will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care, while collaborating with the healthcare team to promote positive outcomes.

The role includes floating to System Resource pools with defined minimums, requiring Texas RN licensure and BLS. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for career growth within HCA Healthcare.

Qualifications

• Graduates of a nursing program (diploma, associate degree, or baccalaureate).
• Minimum of 2 years RN experience with at least 1 year in a specialty area when floating.
• Texas RN license to practice; Active MultiState RN Compact License; license must be obtained in Texas within 60 days of hire.
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• Identify and individualize patient goals. Develop and modify the plan of care accordingly.
• Complete assessments of patient responses and educational needs; involve family as appropriate.
• Provide patient education aligned with patient understanding using available resources.
• Administer medications and treatments safely; report errors and unusual occurrences.
• Recognize and respond to crisis situations and notify the appropriate individuals.
• Document symptoms, responses, and progress in the chart.

Education

Nursing program graduate

Job description

Introduction

Do you have the career opportunities as a Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Methodist Healthcare which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Methodist Healthcare!

Job Summary and Qualifications

Will utilize the nursing process to independently deliver nursing care to patients in order to achieve quality outcomes and communicates need for guidance/supervision based on self-assessment of strengths and limitations. Promotes a positive image of nursing and promotes collegiality among healthcare team members.

System Resource Pool RNs are scheduled in accordance with the Staffing and Scheduling- Nursing, RN Floating - Healthy Workplace Environment (HWE) and Attendance policies. Requirements of RN unit based, facility based, or system based pools are based on which pool they are in.

System Resource Pool Requirements:

Tier II (PRN): Minimum of 36 hours per pay period, including one weekend shift.1 Major & 1 minor holiday annually.

Tier III (PRN): Minimum of 48 hours per pay period, including one weekend shift.1 Major & 1 minor holiday annually.

System Resource Pool employees will be required to float to all Methodist Healthcare System Facilities. System Resource Nurses will be scheduled in units in which they have competencies. System Resource Nurse can be placed in a unit below their competency level with a modified assignment.

Employee completes initial and ongoing training and competencies as defined by service line, facility and department/unit which are specific to the needs of the patient population served (if applicable).

Qualifications

1. Education: Graduate of a nursing program - diploma, associate degree, or baccalaureate program.

2. Experience: Minimum of at least two years of RN experience with a minimum of one year specialty experience for those floating to specialty areas.

3. RN License to practice as a professional registered nursing in the state of Texas or Active MultiState RN Compact License. (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 60 days of hire date.)

4. BLS Certification required

Essential Job Functions

1. Identifies and individualizes patient goals. Compares expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the POC consistent with the patient’s status, and then formulates, individualizes, and modifies patient plan of care.

2. Completes assessments of patient’s/significant others’ response to illness, the use of coping mechanisms and emotional needs, and incorporates family/ significant other into plan of care and reflects the plan of care is individualized for each patient.

3. Identifies and completes assessments of patient/ significant other educational needs. Develops and helps implement teaching plan. Provides education consistent with patients level of understanding using existing resources for patient/ significant others.

4. Administers medications and treatments safely. Recognizes and reports errors and unusual occurrences. Analyzes and identifies precipitating factors.

5. Recognizes and responds to crisis situations. Notifies appropriate individuals of actual or impending crisis.

6. Reports and documents patients symptoms, responses, and progress. Interventions are appropriate to patient’s symptoms, responses, and progress.

Benefits

Methodist Healthcare, 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.

"Nurses are essential to the delivery of healthcare and serve as its foundation. At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to equipping nurses with the tools and resources they need to deliver exceptional patient care, championing the profession, and supporting the advancement of nursing’s future."

Erica Rossitto, MBA/HCM, BSN, RN, NEA-BC
Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive
HCA Healthcare

HCA Healthcare (Corporate), based in Nashville, Tennessee, supports a variety of corporate roles from business operations to administrative positions. Like our colleagues in any HCA Healthcare hospital, our corporate campus employees enjoy unparalleled resources and opportunities to reach their potential as healthcare leaders and innovators. From market rate compensation to continuing education and career advancement opportunities, every person has a solid foundation for success. Nashville is also home to our Executive Development Program, where exceptional employees are groomed to take on CNO- and COO-level roles in our hospitals. This selective program focuses on ethics, leadership and the financial and clinical knowledge required of professionals at this level of the industry.

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.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.