RN ED

St. Luke's Hospital - Sugar Land•Sugar Land, TX

1d•$35 - $55

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to patients in a fast-paced emergency department setting. The RN assesses patient conditions, performs skilled procedures, implements and evaluates care plans, and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal outcomes. The role includes meeting patients’ physical, psychological, and spiritual needs and providing care consistent with the organization’s professional model and Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives. The RN plans and documents patient care, patient and family teaching, and safe transitions and discharge. The nurse prepares patients for treatments and diagnostic procedures, monitors for changes, escalates significant or life-threatening concerns to the appropriate clinicians, and adjusts care as patients’ needs change. The role also supports patient safety, continuity of care, patient experience, accurate documentation, and professional development.

Requirements

At least one year of RN experience upon hire.
Associate degree in nursing upon hire.
Registered Nurse license for Texas upon hire, including applicable multi-state licensure requirements.
Basic Life Support (CPR) within 14 days of hire.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support within six months of hire.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support within six months of hire.
Trauma Nurse Core Course or Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses within 12 months of hire.
Maintain required professional licenses, certifications, and annual competencies by their deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Nursing upon hire.

Responsibilities

Assess patients on admission and throughout care, address their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notify the physician of changes requiring attention.
Develop, direct, evaluate, and document individualized plans of care, daily goals, patient and family teaching, and safe transition and discharge plans in collaboration with other clinical disciplines.
Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
Monitor patient conditions, report significant changes to the Charge Nurse/Team Leader or physician, and escalate life-threatening changes to appropriate providers while noting physician response.
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, including family participation, and provide accurate reports to support continuity of care.
Delegate tasks as needed according to coworkers’ experience and abilities and patient acuity.
Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment, remove used and soiled equipment and linen to appropriate locations, and promptly report safety and hazard concerns.
Document patient care, unit records, charges, and supplies in accordance with health system standards and cost-containment measures.
Follow timekeeping policies and obtain approval before working overtime, including incremental overtime.
Maintain a Texas RN license, professional licenses, certifications, and annual competencies; meet competency requirements and assist with orientation of new and floated staff as assigned.
Attend mandatory in-services, workshops, town halls, and at least 75% of unit meetings annually; stay current with communications and developments in nursing and medicine.
Apply the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients and families in accordance with Catholic Ethical and Religious Directives.
Build caring relationships with patients, families, and colleagues; perform hourly rounding and bedside shift report, update the patient communication board, and provide service recovery as needed.