Registered Nurse (RN) - Urgent Care - West Campus (Per Diem)
About The Position
Texas Children’s is seeking a per diem Registered Nurse for its West Campus Urgent Care. The RN works in a fast-paced setting to gather information, assess patients, provide direct care, and collaborate with other healthcare team members to deliver age-appropriate care. The clinic is open seven days a week, from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM. The RN collects and documents patient and family information, including vital signs, height and weight, reason for visit, medications, and allergies, following site protocols. The RN prepares patients for examinations, assists providers with treatments, examinations, and testing within the scope of the site, and completes provider-directed treatments. Responsibilities also include administering and documenting medications and immunizations, reporting errors promptly, helping educate patients and families, coordinating referrals, triaging in-person complaints and phone calls, collecting and processing specimens, performing laboratory tests, and documenting results. The RN explains the visit process and expected visit length to patients and families. Successful candidates must undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards. Texas Children’s Urgent Care provides after-hours care at community locations in the greater Houston area and Austin, offering diagnosis and treatment for common pediatric conditions and on-site procedures and services.
Requirements
- Required diploma in nursing or an associate’s degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for obtaining and maintaining an RN license.
- Registered Nurse license issued by the Texas Board of Nursing or a Nursing Licensure Compact license.
- Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.
- Successful candidates must undergo respiratory fit testing.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collect patient and family data, including biophysical, psychosocial, developmental, cultural, and environmental information according to site protocol.
- Collect and document vital signs, height and weight, reason for visit, current medications, allergies, and other required information; graph data according to site protocol.
- Prepare patients for examinations and assist providers with treatments, examinations, and testing within the scope of the site.
- Complete treatments as directed by a provider and within the scope of the site.
- Administer medications and immunizations as directed by a physician and according to site protocol; document their administration and immediately report errors to a supervisor.
- Provide patient and family education as instructed by the physician or site protocol and document the education in the medical record.
- Coordinate referrals and ensure families have referral contact information and required documentation.
- Triage presenting patient complaints and phone calls according to site protocol and applicable site standards; document clinical patient phone calls according to organization recommendations.
- Verify provider orders and patient identity, collect and process specimens using proper technique and manufacturer instructions, and report and document test results according to site protocol.
- Identify self, explain the visit process, and provide information about the expected length of the visit.
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Education Level
Associate degree
