Er RN

CommonSpirit Health•Lake Jackson, TX

10d•Onsite

About The Position

St. Luke’s Health–Brazosport Hospital is seeking an ER Registered Nurse to provide compassionate, high-quality, individualized patient care. The RN assesses patients, performs skilled procedures, implements and adjusts care plans, and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal outcomes. The role requires sound clinical judgment, strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first approach, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment. The RN provides care for patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs; prepares patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; monitors and reports changes in condition; and reassesses patients after interventions. The role also supports patient experience, safety, documentation, continuity of care, supply management, and professional development in accordance with health-system standards and the organization’s professional model of care, including Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing, upon hire, or 1–3 years (as stated in the posting).
At least one year of RN experience, upon hire.
Registered Nurse license for Texas, upon hire.
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.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, upon hire.

Responsibilities

Complete admission and ongoing assessments of patients and provide nursing care for their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs.
Notify the physician of assessment changes requiring attention and escalate life-threatening changes to appropriate providers.
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.
Implement patient safety initiatives and protocols, including medication safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
Reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions, notify physicians when intervention changes are needed, and adjust care to meet changing needs.
Give and receive accurate, comprehensive bedside shift reports, including family participation, and delegate tasks according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patient acuity.
Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment; remove used or soiled equipment and linen appropriately; and promptly report patient-safety and hazard concerns.
Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction.
Document charges and supplies used for patient care accurately and apply cost-containment measures.
Clock in and out according to policy and obtain required approval before working overtime.
Document consistently in patient and unit records according to health-system standards and legal and quality-care requirements.
Maintain an RN license to practice in Texas, including applicable multistate licensure requirements, and meet competency requirements.
Assist with orientation of new employees and floated staff as assigned.
Maintain professional licenses, certifications, and annual competencies; attend mandatory in-services, workshops, town halls, and at least 75% of unit meetings each year.
Keep up to date with communications, emails, current journals, and developments in medical and nursing fields.
Apply the nursing process within the organization’s professional model of care to meet patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs, following Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives.