Flex Team I RN-NICU

CommonSpirit Health • Sugar Land, TX

3d

About The Position

As a Registered Nurse on the Float/Flex Team at St. Luke's Health–Sugar Land Hospital, the RN delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. The role includes making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, implementing patient care plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to promote optimal patient outcomes. The RN is expected to demonstrate a positive attitude, reliability, sound critical thinking, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

The RN uses the nursing process to provide cost-effective, quality-driven, patient-focused care. This includes gathering relevant social, psychological, developmental, and spiritual information; conducting ongoing assessments; formulating nursing diagnoses and goals; planning interventions; and evaluating their outcomes. The RN documents care according to health system standards, educates patients and families on relevant health and discharge topics, and supports patient safety, confidentiality, ethical decision-making, and cost containment. The role also applies research-supported interventions and participates in or identifies opportunities for research in collaboration with Outcomes managers and the department.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing.
• At least one year of RN experience.
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire.
• Texas Registered Nurse license, required upon hire.
• Basic Life Support - CPR, required within 14 days.

Responsibilities

• Use the nursing process to provide cost-effective, quality-driven, patient-focused care.
• Collect pertinent social, psychological, developmental, and spiritual data from patients, significant others, and members of the health care team.
• Perform ongoing assessments, formulate nursing diagnoses and goals, plan appropriate interventions, and evaluate intervention outcomes.
• Document in patient and unit records according to health system standards of care and legal and quality requirements.
• Provide patients and families with appropriate education and information, including on pain management, nutrition, skin integrity, fall prevention, diabetes, disease processes, smoking cessation, and discharge instructions.
• Support patient, hospital, community, and nursing-profession goals and values through cost containment, confidentiality, ethical decision-making, and patient safety.
• Use research-supported interventions as appropriate for the patient population.
• Participate in research activities, identify research opportunities, and collaborate with Outcomes managers and the department.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree