Main OR RN

Overview

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:
  Conduct admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition. Provide nursing care to meet physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. Notify the doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.
• Planning:
  Design, direct, evaluate, and document the plan of care, patient/family teaching, and the transition of care to ensure safe discharge. Collaborate with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulate a plan of care and daily goals tailored to the patient’s individual needs.
• Implementation:
  Prepare patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies to reduce anxiety. Understand patients’ conditions, report significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician. Implement patient safety initiatives and protocols including medication safety practices and physician orders.
• Evaluation:
  Reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notify physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjust nursing care to meet evolving patient needs.
• Report
  
  Skills:
  
  Provide and receive bedside shift reports with family participation. Deliver accurate, comprehensive reports for the oncoming shift to maintain continuity of care. Receive reports from the off-going shift and delegate tasks to ensure continuity of care according to coworkers’ experience and patient acuity.
• Environment & Patient Safety:
  Maintain a safe patient and work environment. Remove used and soiled equipment and linen to the appropriate location. Align with national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction. Report patient safety and hazard concerns promptly.

• Associates degree in Nursing or Diploma plus at least one (1) year of RN experience
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) within 2 years from date of hire (current employees grandfathered before July 2020)
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
• Registered Nurse license in TX, upon hire
• Basic Life Support (BLS) / CPR certification

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence with breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. Our team’s efforts include research programs and initiatives to develop advanced treatments. The McNair Campus is designed around the human experience and evidence-based practices for safety. Our 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a partnership focused on patient care, research, and education.

Our collaboration with Texas Heart Institute and Baylor College of Medicine expands access to care through a growing network of specialists.

$33.00 - $52.80 per hour