System Float Pool RN Labor and Delivery

Joinmethodist; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical coverage

401(k) Plan with match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Education assistance

Time Away From Work

Fertility/family building benefits

Adoption assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Methodist Healthcare in Texas is seeking a System Resource Maternal Registered Nurse to join the team as a PRN pool member. The role involves floating to different Methodist facilities, delivering skilled nursing care, and coordinating with the care team to meet patient needs.

Ideal candidates hold a Texas RN license (or MultiState with Texas within 60 days) and have at least 2 years of RN experience, including 1 year in a specialty area. BLS certification is required.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of a nursing program - diploma, associate degree, or baccalaureate program.
• Experience: Minimum of at least 2 years RN experience with a minimum of one year specialty experience for those floating to specialty areas.
• RN License to practice as a professional registered nurse in the state of Texas or Active MultiState RN Compact License (must obtain Texas RN License within 60 days of hire).
• BLS Certification required.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and individualizes patient goals and outcomes; modifies plan of care.
• Performs assessments of patient and family education needs; develops and implements teaching plan.
• Educates patients using resources suitable to their understanding.
• Administers medications and treatments safely; reports errors and unusual occurrences.
• Recognizes and responds to crisis situations; notifies appropriate individuals.
• Documents patient symptoms, responses, and progress.

Education

Graduate of a nursing program (diploma, associate, or baccalaureate)

Job description

Introduction

Do you want to be appreciated daily? Our nurses are celebrated for being on the front line, empathetic for patients. At Methodist Healthcare our nurses set us apart from any other healthcare provider. We are seeking a(an) System Resource Maternal Registered Nurse to join our healthcare family.

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 medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioural health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

At Methodist Healthcare, our nurses play a vital part. We know that every nurse’s path and purpose is unique. Do you want to create your own personal career path in nursing? HCA Healthcare is your career destination! Our scale makes it possible for nurses to create the career path that fits their life – for life – and empowers their passion for patient care.

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 2 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.

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.

The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patients 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

Join a family that cares about every stage in your career! We are interviewing candidates for our System Resource Maternal Registered Nurse opening.

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.