Registered Nurse (RN) ICU Float Pool (Days)

Texas Children's Hospital•Houston, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

We are searching for a Pediatric Registered Nurse (RN) for our Float Team - someone who works well in a fast-paced hospital setting. In this position you’ll provide quality nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating age-appropriate care in a manner that incorporates family centered principles and cost-effective care. The Flex Team floats to All ICU floors, All Acute Care floors and the EC. Acute Care includes General Med/Surg Transplant, Surgical/Ortho, Rehab, Neuro, Pulmonary/Endo/Adolescents, PHMU, CPCU, and Cancer Center. Critical Care includes CICU (3 floors), PICU (4 floors), Bone Marrow Transplant, NICU (3 different levels), EC, and Adult Congenital Heart Disease.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in nursing, associate’s degree, or technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an associate’s degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license required or must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward an MSN with a verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement.
9 months professional nursing experience (required)
RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact
CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association
The ability to demonstrate positive and appropriate interpersonal skills, good time and resource management skills, flexibility, strong oral and written communication skills, knowledge of unit-specific equipment, and knowledge of the nursing process, critical thinking skills, PALS, and interdisciplinary collaboration

Nice To Haves

2 years EC and/or ICU RN experience
Pediatric experience

Responsibilities

Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family including biophysical, psychosocial, developmental (age-appropriate), culture, spiritual, and environmental needs in an organized and systematic manner
Analyzes situations, anticipates potential problems, and detects changes in patient status
Re-prioritizes and updates plan of care based on new information and changes to the patient’s condition; communicates this information to other health care team members and documents in the medical record
Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and/or patient care conferences and documents in the medical record