McNair Pre-Op Recovery RN

CommonSpirit Health•Houston, TX

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides compassionate, high-quality, individualized care for patients in the pre-operative and recovery setting. The RN assesses patients, performs skilled procedures, implements and evaluates care plans, and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes and safe transitions of care. The role requires sound clinical judgment, urgency, and a patient-first approach in a fast-paced environment. The RN assesses patients on admission and throughout care; plans, directs, evaluates, and documents nursing care and patient/family education; prepares patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; monitors for changes and escalates concerns; and reassesses patients after interventions. The RN also supports patient safety, continuity of care, accurate documentation, supply and time management, professional competency, and a compassionate patient experience. Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is a 1,045-bed facility in the Texas Medical Center and a joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine. Its McNair Campus is designed around the human experience and patient, visitor, staff, and physician safety, and supports patient care, research, and education.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
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.

Responsibilities

Perform admission and ongoing assessments, provide nursing care for patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notify the doctor of assessment changes requiring attention.
Design, direct, evaluate, and document plans of care, patient and family teaching, and safe transitions and discharge plans.
Collaborate with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized care and discharge needs, and formulate individualized plans of care and daily goals.
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; escalate life-threatening changes to appropriate providers and note physician responses.
Implement patient safety initiatives and protocols, including medication safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
Reassess patients after interventions, notify physicians as necessary, and adjust nursing care to meet changing needs.
Give and receive bedside shift reports, include family participation, provide accurate handoff reports, and delegate tasks as needed according to coworker abilities and patient acuity.
Maintain a safe patient and work environment; remove used and soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations; report safety and hazard concerns promptly.
Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction.
Document charges and supplies used and apply cost-containment measures.
Clock in and out according to policy and obtain approval before working overtime, including incremental overtime.
Document consistently in patient and unit records according to health system standards and legal and quality requirements.
Maintain a Texas RN license, meet competency requirements, and assist with orientation of new employees and floated staff as assigned.
Maintain professional licenses, certifications, and annual competencies; attend required in-services, workshops, town halls, and at least 75% of unit meetings per year; stay current with communications and developments in nursing and medicine.
Apply the nursing process within the organization’s professional model of care to address patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs, following Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives.
Build healing relationships and create a caring, compassionate patient-focused experience; perform hourly rounding and bedside shift reports, update the patient communication board, and provide service recovery as needed.