Registered Nurse (RN)

Elevance Health•Conroe, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the administration of all ordered therapies. This role requires associates to work from the posted location full-time, enabling consistent face-to-face collaboration, teamwork, and direct engagement. This policy promotes an environment built on in-person interaction, communication, and immediate support. The Registered Nurse performs duties within the Nurse’s scope of practice, the facility’s policies/procedures, INS Standards of practice, and approved facility protocols. They administer ordered therapies according to prescriber order, facility protocols, INS standards and company policy and procedures. The role also involves completing the admission process as directed by the Center Director, performing physical assessments, documenting pertinent data, reporting significant changes, evaluating patient response to therapy, and educating patients and/or family members regarding the therapy plan. Ensuring medication orders are complete, appropriate, accurate, and up-to-date prior to treatment is also a key responsibility. The nurse must understand and adhere to all applicable state, local and Federal laws and / or regulations, including maintaining patient confidentiality through abiding by HIPAA laws/regulations.

Requirements

Requires an ASN or ADN and a minimum of 2 years of clinical experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.
Requires a current unrestricted RN license in applicable state required.
Multi-state licensure is required if this individual is providing services in multiple states.
For Paragon and Carelon Health business unit, satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position and Hepatitis B vaccine or signed waiver.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Experience with IVs preferred.
Port, PICC, and Peripheral Line experienced preferred.
Medication mixing experience preferred.
Titration experience preferred.
Medical insurance terminology knowledge preferred.
Exceptional time management skills preferred.

Responsibilities

Performs duties within the Nurse’s scope of practice, the facility’s policies/procedures, INS Standards of practice, and approved facility protocols.
Administers ordered therapies according to prescriber order, facility protocols, INS standards and company policy and procedures.
Completes admission process as directed by Center Director.
Performs physical assessment on each patient as warranted and for new consults as warranted by the patient diagnosis.
Refer to the NP on duty for complete physical assessment as needed.
Documents all pertinent data in the patient’s medical record.
Reports all significant changes or observations to the Center Director and is responsible for the follow up on any problem which is identified.
Evaluates the patient’s response to therapy and documents this finding in the medical record.
Educates patients and/or family members regarding therapy plan.
Ensures that all medication orders are complete, appropriate, accurate and up to date prior to treatment.
Understands and adheres to all applicable state, local and Federal laws and / or regulations including maintaining patient confidentiality through abiding by HIPAA laws/regulations.