RN, Registered Nurse - Neuro ICU

Description

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills (CSRH-WH) is a 150-bed hospital serving the fastest growing area of San Antonio. Specialized care includes orthopedic and surgical services, ICU, women’s services, a newborn nursery, comprehensive cardiovascular care from diagnostics to open heart surgery, vascular lab, sleep center, emergency services, the CHRISTUS Weight Loss Institute, wound care, rehabilitation, and more. The campus also boasts an Outpatient Imaging Center and three medical plazas, one of which houses our CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency Program and CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Family Health Center.

The competent Nurse, in the same or similar clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine and complex care, with the ability to on long-range goals or plans. Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the clinical situation.

• Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS
  
  Competencies:
  
  Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders.
• Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation for assigned patients.
• Addresses increasingly complex psychological, emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in accordance with their level of practice.
• Using the appropriate protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment prescribed.
• Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and care given.
• Assess learning needs and provides education to patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and resources.

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred.

• 1 year of experience in the related nursing specialty preferred.
• One year of experience in Critical Care setting preferred but will accept new graduates.

• BLS required.
• RN License in state of employment or compact.
• Current ACLS certification required.

• All newly hired experienced RNs must attend New Nurses Orientation within the first 30 days of hire.
• New hires are precepted by a designated trained staff member and initial onboarding requirements are validated through successful completion of the designated organizational entry competency validation and a Critical Care Department-specific competency validation.
• Completion of all annual competency verification requirements.

• Basic Life Support (BLS):
  No grace period. AHA or Red Cross accepted at time of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS):
  Within 30 days of hire.
• Pediatric Life Support (PALS):
  Within 30 days of hire.
• Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum (TNCC):
  Within 60 days of hire.
• Trauma Care After Resuscitation (TCAR):
  Within 60 days of hire.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP):
  Within 30 days of hire.
• AWHONN INTERMEDIATE FHM (Fetal Heart Monitoring):
  Within 30 days of hire.
• STABLE (Neonatal Education):
  Within 30 days of hire.

7 PM – 7 AM.

Full Time.