Critical Care Nurse
About The Position
As a Registered Nurse, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care, including individualized assessments, skilled procedures, and implementation of patient care plans. You will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes in a fast-paced environment. You will assess patients on admission and on an ongoing basis, address their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notify the physician about changes requiring attention. You will design, direct, evaluate, and document individualized plans of care, patient and family teaching, and safe transitions and discharge plans in coordination with other clinical disciplines. You will prepare patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; monitor and report significant changes in condition; and implement patient safety initiatives, protocols, medication safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications. You will reassess patients after interventions, notify physicians when care needs to be modified, and adjust nursing care as patients’ needs change. You will give and receive bedside shift reports, including family participation, and delegate tasks as needed according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patient acuity. You will maintain a safe patient and work environment, promptly remove used or soiled equipment and linen, support quality, safety, and satisfaction goals, and immediately report safety or hazard concerns. St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279-bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health serving East Texas. The facility provides a broad range of hospital, outpatient, and rehabilitation services.
Requirements
- At least one year of RN experience upon hire.
- Associate degree in Nursing upon hire, or a Texas Registered Nurse license upon hire.
- Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days.
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support within six months.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor of Nursing upon hire.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients’ conditions on admission and on an ongoing basis, provide care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notify physicians of changes requiring attention.
- Design, direct, evaluate, and document individualized plans of care, patient and family teaching, and safe transition and discharge plans.
- Coordinate with other clinical disciplines to address specialized patient care and discharge needs.
- Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
- Monitor patients’ conditions and report significant changes to the Charge Nurse, Team Leader, and/or physician.
- Implement patient safety initiatives and protocols, including medication safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
- Reassess patients following interventions, notify physicians when interventions need modification, and adjust care to meet changing needs.
- Give and receive bedside shift reports, including family participation, and provide accurate, comprehensive reports to support continuity of care.
- Delegate tasks according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and the patient’s acuity.
- Maintain a safe patient and work environment, remove used or soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations, support quality and safety goals, and promptly report safety or hazard concerns.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
