L&D Nurse

CommonSpirit Health • Lufkin, TX

1d

About The Position

The L&D Nurse works as a Registered Nurse on the Float/Flex Team at St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin. The nurse provides compassionate, high-quality, individualized patient care and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes. The role requires sound assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, reliability, and the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

The nurse uses the nursing process to deliver cost-effective, quality-driven, patient-focused care. This includes gathering relevant patient data, assessing needs, developing nursing diagnoses and goals, planning interventions, and evaluating outcomes. The nurse documents care according to health system standards, educates patients and families on relevant care topics, supports patient safety and confidentiality, and contributes to research activities where appropriate.

Requirements

• Associate degree in nursing.
• At least one year of RN experience.
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meeting the experience requirements upon hire.
• Texas Registered Nurse licensure upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

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 other healthcare team members.
• Perform ongoing assessments; formulate nursing diagnoses and goals; plan interventions; and evaluate outcomes.
• Document in patient and unit records according to written health system standards of care and legal and quality requirements.
• Provide patients and families with appropriate teaching 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.

What This Job Offers

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