Flex Team I RN-ED

CommonSpirit Health • Houston, TX

2d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse on the Float/Flex Team at St. Luke's Health–The Vintage Hospital delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized patient care. The RN makes critical assessments, performs skilled procedures, and implements patient care plans while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal outcomes. The role requires sound assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, reliability, and the ability to work with a sense of urgency in a fast-paced environment.

The RN uses the nursing process to provide cost-effective, quality-driven, patient-focused care. This includes collecting pertinent social, psychological, developmental, and spiritual information; performing ongoing assessments; formulating nursing diagnoses and goals; planning interventions; and evaluating their outcomes. The RN documents care in patient and unit records according to health-system standards and provides patients and families with education on topics such as pain management, nutrition, skin integrity, fall prevention, diabetes, disease processes, smoking cessation, and discharge instructions.

The RN supports the goals and values of patients, the hospital, the community, and the nursing profession through cost containment, confidentiality, ethical decision-making, and patient safety. The role also uses research-supported interventions and participates in research activities, identifying opportunities and collaborating with Outcomes managers and the department.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing.
• At least one year of RN experience.
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations, or meets the experience requirements upon hire.
• Texas Registered Nurse license upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days.

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 their 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 teaching and information 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.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes.

What This Job Offers

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