Staff Nurse

Texas Children's Hospital; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Children's Pediatrics Windsor Park Community Care Clinic is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide direct patient care in a fast-paced setting. You will gather information, assess patients, and collaborate with the health care team to deliver age-appropriate care.

Clinic hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm, extended hours Tuesday/Thursday until 7:00 pm, 1st and 3rd Saturdays 8:30 am to 12:30 pm. RN license, BLS, and PALS required; Spanish preferred.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Nursing or Associate Degree as required for RN licensure.
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• RN license (RN-Lic) and BLS certification; PALS required.
• Spanish language skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assists in collecting patient data including biophysical, psychosocial, developmental, cultural, and environmental information.
• Provides general patient care and prepares patient for examinations.
• Assists providers during treatments and examinations within scope of practice.
• Documents interventions and administers medications and immunizations per protocol.
• Educates patients and families for self-management of health.
• Triages patients and verifies insurance eligibility for referrals.
• Collects specimens and performs laboratory tests.

Skills

Patient care

Documentation

Education delivery

Triage

Education

Diploma in Nursing or Associate Degree as accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing

Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Job description

Job Description

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.

Job Description

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.

We are searching for a Registered Nurse for Texas Children's Pediatrics- Windsor Park- Community Care Clinic — someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will gather information, assess and provide direct care to patients. Works collaboratively with other member of the healthcare team to render age appropriate care.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

Clinic hours:
Monday through Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Extended clinic hours:
Tuesday and Thursday- through 7:00 PM

1st and 3rd Saturday of each month: 8:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Responsibilities

• Assists in the collection of patient/family data that may include biophysical, psychosocial, developmental, cultural, and environmental information per practice protocol.
• Provides general patient care
• Prepares patient for examination per practice protocol.
• Assists provider, as directed, during treatments, examinations and testing as directed by provider and within scope of practice.
• Completes treatments as directed by provider and within scope of practice.
• Documents all interventions per practice protocol
• Administers medication and immunizations as directed by provider per practice protocol.
• Supports patients/families in self- management of their health through assisting with education
• Provides patient/family education as instructed by the provider or practice protocol
• Triages patients Assesses patient’s eligibility for referral by verifying coverage with payer prior to initiating referral.
• Documents eligibility in medical record per practice protocol.
• Demonstrates Creating SMILES and AIDET philosophies to patients, families and co-workers
• Collects specimens and performs laboratory test

Qualifications

• Diploma in Nursing Or associate degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license.
• Bachelor’s Degree Preferred
• The Following Required Licenses: RN - Lic-Registered Nurses BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support PALS - Cert-PALS
• Bilingual Spanish preferred
• Ability to work extended clinic hours as needed

About Us

Texas Children’s Pediatrics is the nation’s largest primary pediatric care network with more than 200 physicians dedicated to the health care needs of infants to teenagers in over 50 locations throughout the greater Houston area. As part of our goal to build a community of healthy children, Texas Children's Pediatrics Community Cares Program provides trusted, high-quality pediatric medical services for children who otherwise would seek care from emergency centers or possibly go without care or treatment due to low family incomes and/or lack of health insurance.

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.