RN OR

St. Luke's Health - The Woodlands Campus•Spring, TX

3d•$35 - $55

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) delivers compassionate, high-quality, individualized care to support patients’ well-being and recovery. The RN performs comprehensive assessments and skilled procedures, develops and implements patient care plans, and collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes. The role calls for strong assessment and critical-thinking skills, a patient-first mindset, urgency, and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities span patient assessment, care planning, implementation, and evaluation. The RN assesses patients on admission and throughout care, addresses their physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and informs the physician of changes requiring attention. The RN plans and documents care, patient and family teaching, and safe transitions and discharge in collaboration with other clinical disciplines. The RN prepares patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; follows patient-safety protocols; communicates significant changes; and reassesses patients after interventions, modifying care as needed. The RN gives and receives bedside shift reports, supports continuity of care, and delegates tasks based on coworkers’ experience and abilities and patient acuity. The RN also maintains a safe patient-care and work environment, promptly removes used or soiled equipment and linens, supports quality, safety, and satisfaction goals, and reports safety or hazard concerns immediately. St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital is a 245-bed facility serving North Harris and Montgomery counties. Its clinical services include cardiovascular care, diagnostic imaging, women’s services, neurosciences, pediatric care, surgery, pathology, pulmonary services, and sleep disorder services.

Requirements

At least one year of RN experience upon hire.
Associate degree in Nursing upon hire, or Registered Nurse licensure in Texas upon hire.
Basic Life Support (CPR) certification within 14 days.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
CNOR.
Interest or background in perioperative education.

Responsibilities

Perform admission and ongoing patient assessments; provide nursing care for physical, psychological, and spiritual needs; and notify physicians of changes requiring attention.
Design, direct, evaluate, and document individualized plans of care, patient and family teaching, and safe care transitions and discharge plans.
Collaborate with other clinical disciplines to address specialized patient-care and discharge needs.
Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies.
Monitor patient conditions and report significant changes to the Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician.
Implement patient-safety initiatives and protocols, including medication-safety practices, physician orders, and consult notifications.
Reassess patients at appropriate intervals after interventions, notify physicians when needed, and adjust care to meet changing needs.
Give and receive bedside shift reports, provide accurate handoff information, and delegate tasks according to coworker experience and abilities and patient acuity.
Maintain a safe patient-care and work environment; remove used and soiled equipment and linens to appropriate locations.
Support quality, patient-safety, and satisfaction goals and promptly report patient-safety or hazard concerns.