ICU RN

CommonSpirit Health•The Woodlands, TX

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to patients in the ICU. The role involves assessing patient conditions, performing skilled procedures, implementing and evaluating care plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to support patient recovery and optimal outcomes. The RN meets patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, supports safe transitions of care, and follows the organization’s professional model of care and Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives. The RN maintains patient and workplace safety, accurate documentation, professional licensure and competencies, and continuity of care through bedside shift reports. The position also supports patient and family education, patient experience, quality and safety goals, and the orientation of new or floated staff when assigned.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing upon hire, or one year of RN experience upon hire.
Registered Nurse license for Texas upon hire, including applicable multi-state licensure requirements.
Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support within six months.
Maintain professional licenses, certifications, and annual competencies by their deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

Responsibilities

Complete admission and ongoing assessments, provide nursing care for patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notify the doctor of changes requiring attention.
Design, direct, evaluate, and document individualized plans of care, patient and family teaching, daily goals, and safe discharge or transition plans.
Coordinate with other clinical disciplines to address specialized care and discharge needs.
Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
Recognize and report significant changes in patient condition 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 after interventions, notify physicians as needed, and adjust care as patient needs change.
Give and receive bedside shift reports, involve families as appropriate, provide comprehensive handoffs, and delegate tasks according to coworker experience, abilities, and patient acuity.
Maintain a safe patient and work environment, remove used or soiled equipment and linens appropriately, and promptly report safety or hazard concerns.
Contribute to quality, patient safety, and patient satisfaction goals.
Document charges and supplies used and follow cost-containment measures.
Clock in and out according to policy and obtain approval before working overtime.
Document in patient and unit records according to health system standards and legal and quality requirements.
Maintain required RN licensure, certifications, and competencies; assist with orientation of new employees and floated staff as assigned.
Attend mandatory in-services, workshops, town halls, and at least 75% of annual unit meetings; stay current with communications and developments in nursing and medicine.
Escalate life-threatening changes to appropriate providers and document physician response.
Apply the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients and families in accordance with the organization’s professional model of care and Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives.
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.