ER RN

St. Luke’s Hospital - Brazosport•Lake Jackson, TX

19d•$35 - $55•Onsite

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality emergency care that supports patients’ well-being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive care through assessment, skilled procedures, and implementation of patient care plans, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal outcomes. The role requires keen assessment skills, critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. You will assess patients on admission and throughout their care, address physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notify physicians of changes requiring attention. You will prepare patients for treatments and diagnostic procedures, implement safety protocols, reassess responses to interventions, and adjust care as needs change. You will support continuity of care through bedside shift reports, accurate documentation, appropriate task delegation, and effective communication with patients, families, colleagues, and providers. The RN maintains a safe work environment, reports hazards and safety concerns, documents charges and supplies, follows timekeeping and overtime approval policies, and maintains required licenses, certifications, and competencies. The role also includes assisting with orientation of new and floated staff when assigned, attending required education and meetings, and staying current with developments in nursing and medicine. Patient care is provided within the organization’s professional model and Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing, upon hire.
At least one year of RN experience, upon hire.
Registered Nurse license for Texas, upon hire, including applicable multistate licensure requirements.
Basic Life Support (CPR), within 14 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 months.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support, within 6 months.
Trauma Nurse Core Course, within 12 months.
Maintain required professional licenses, certifications, and annual competencies by their deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing, upon hire.

Responsibilities

Assess patients on admission and on an ongoing basis, provide care for physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notify physicians of changes requiring attention.
Build healing relationships with patients, families, and colleagues; perform hourly rounding and bedside shift reports, update patient communication boards, and provide service recovery as needed.
Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
Monitor patient 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 at appropriate intervals after interventions, notify physicians when needed, and adjust care to meet changing needs.
Give and receive bedside shift reports, include families as appropriate, provide comprehensive handoffs, and delegate tasks according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patient acuity.
Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment, promptly remove used or soiled equipment and linen, and report patient-safety and hazard concerns immediately.
Document charges and supplies used and follow cost-containment measures.
Follow clock-in and clock-out policies and obtain required approval before working overtime, including incremental overtime.
Document in patient and unit records according to health-system standards and legal and quality-care requirements.
Maintain the required Texas RN license, competencies, professional licenses, certifications, and annual competencies.
Assist with orientation of new employees and floated staff as assigned.
Attend mandatory in-services, workshops, town halls, and at least 75% of unit meetings each year; stay current on communications and developments in nursing and medicine.
Escalate life-threatening changes to appropriate providers and document physician responses.
Apply the nursing process to meet patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs in accordance with the organization’s professional care model and Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives.