Vascular and Thoracic Surgery Telemetry RN

CHI; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 45,460 - 72,737; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

Free Premium Membership to Care.com

Flexible spending accounts

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Tuition Assistance for career growth

Matching Retirement Programs

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Houston is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to deliver exceptional patient care within a dynamic medical team. In this role, you'll assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care plans while collaborating with healthcare professionals. Candidates should possess strong critical thinking skills and a patient-first mindset. Competitive pay range is $33.00 – $52.80 per hour, with relocation assistance and generous benefits including health insurance and tuition assistance.

Qualifications

• One year of RN experience required upon hire.
• Registered Nurse license in Texas required.
• Basic Life Support certification within 14 days.

Responsibilities

• Perform admissions and ongoing assessments of patients.
• Design and document care plans and evaluate their effectiveness.
• Implement safety protocols and report significant changes in patients' conditions.
• Provide accurate reports to ensure continuity of care.

Skills

Critical thinking

Patient care

Assessment skills

Effective communication

Education

Associate’s in Nursing or Diploma

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN)

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.

Responsibilities

• Assessment: 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

• Associate’s in Nursing or Diploma; at least one (1) year of RN experience upon hire.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN) within 2 years of hire (current employees grandfathered before July 2020).
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire.
• Registered Nurse: TX; upon hire.
• Basic Life Support – CPR within 14 days.

Preferred

• Associate’s or higher degree in Nursing upon hire.

Where You'll Work

Up to $10,000 Relocation assistance.

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 881‑bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke’s Health.

Located in the Texas Medical Center, the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart® Institute, a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley, MD.

The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet® hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, receiving the award five consecutive times.

Baylor St. Luke’s also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.

CHI St. Luke’s Health, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, has been serving our community since 1954.

Operating 137 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents. We proudly provide a vast array of services that help us keep our community safe and healthy.

Benefits

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and dependent adults
• Care for Caregivers: Resilience Through Adversity – a series of sessions designed to help caregivers build their resilience and advance their mental well‑being during these difficult times
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching Retirement Programs
• Wellness Programs

Pay Range

$33.00 – $52.80 /hour