RN - Med Surg - General Surgical, Nights (Sugar Land)

Memorial Hermann Health System • Sugar Land, TX

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About The Position

Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team in delivering patient care using the nursing process. Provides professional nursing care, including conducting nursing assessments, assisting with examinations and treatment, educating patients, and maintaining medical records. The role is on a 30-bed General Surgical unit at Memorial Hermann Sugar Land, with a Family Caring for Family environment and Magnet re-designation with Distinction. The unit supports surgical patients, including colorectal, urology, and orthopedic populations.

The unit provides a charge RN and three PCAs on each shift, a Mobility Tech on weekdays during the day, a unit secretary seven days a week, access to an Ortho Nurse Navigator, Bariatric Nurse Navigator, Women’s Navigator, and Wound Care RN, and hospitalists available 24/7. The stated nurse-to-patient ratio is 5–6:1 on days and nights, with a Discharge RN available four days a week. The unit is self-draw, with PCA/PCTs trained to perform blood draws, blood cultures, and EKGs. Vital signs are scanned automatically, pharmacy coverage is available on the unit five days a week for pharmacy or Pyxis issues, and nurses self-schedule and work every third weekend.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited School of Professional Nursing.
• Current Texas license, or temporary/compact license, to practice professional nursing.
• Basic Life Support certification.
• BSN required due to Magnet status or current enrollment, as stated in the posting.
• Additional certifications may be required based on discipline and/or nursing unit requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Nursing preferred in the minimum qualifications.
• Acute care Med/Surg experience preferred, especially with post-surgical colorectal, urology, and orthopedic patient populations.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in delivering patient care using the nursing process.
• Conduct nursing assessments.
• Assist with examinations and treatment.
• Educate patients.
• Maintain medical records.
• Provide professional nursing care to patients.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level