RN Pre Op

St Luke's Health - The Woodlands Campus; College Park (TX); On-site; USD 64,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver compassionate, high-quality care and support patient recovery. The role involves thorough assessments, planning and execution of care, and collaboration within an interdisciplinary team to optimize outcomes.

The RN will perform skilled procedures, ensure accurate documentation, and participate in safe patient handling and discharge planning in a fast-paced hospital setting.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Nursing is required.
• At least 1 year RN experience.
• BSN within 2 years from date of hire; current employees grandfathered before July 2020.
• Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or equivalent experience.
• RN license for TX.
• BLS/CPR within 14 days.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient conditions and document changes; notify doctor as needed.
• Plan and document care; coordinate transitions and discharge planning.
• Prepare patients for treatments and procedures; report changes to team and physician.
• Reassess and adjust care; communicate with physician.
• Give and receive shift reports; ensure continuity of care.
• Maintain a safe environment and report safety hazards.

Skills

Assessment skills

Critical thinking

Patient care planning

Team collaboration

Documentation

Bedside Shift Report

Patient safety awareness

Education

Associates Degree in Nursing

Bachelor of Nursing (BSN) within 2 years

Job description

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

Required

• Associates Degree in Nursing
• At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire and
• Bachelors Of Nursing Medical Center - “*Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) within 2 years from date of hire. Current employees grandfathered before July 2020.”, upon hire and
• 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

Where You'll Work

St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital is a 245 bed facility serving North Harris and Montgomery counties. The hospital has been recognized as a Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, and is proud to serve as the clinical home for the Dan L Duncan Cancer Center. The hospital was awarded an “A” hospital safety grade by The Leapfrog Group in both 2023 and 2025. Clinical services provided include cardiovascular services, diagnostic imaging, women’s services (digital mammography and bone density studies), neurosciences, pediatric care (Newborn and Level III nurseries), surgery, pathology and pulmonary services, and sleep disorder services.