What are the responsibilities and job description for the Medical Surgical RN III position at Baylor St Luke's Medical Center?
Overview
Up to $10,000 Relocation assistance
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke’s Health. Located in the Texas Medical Center, the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart® Institute, a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley, MD. The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet® hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Luke’s also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.
We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Pay Range
$33.00 - $52.80 /hour
Up to $10,000 Relocation assistance
Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 881-bed quaternary care academic medical center that is a joint venture between Baylor College of Medicine and CHI St. Luke’s Health. Located in the Texas Medical Center, the hospital is the home of the Texas Heart® Institute, a cardiovascular research and education institution founded in 1962 by Denton A. Cooley, MD. The hospital was the first facility in Texas and the Southwest designated a Magnet® hospital for Nursing Excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, receiving the award five consecutive times. Baylor St. Luke’s also has three community emergency centers offering adult and pediatric care for the Greater Houston area.
CHI St. Luke’s Health, now part of CommonSpirit Health formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health, has been serving our community since 1954. We proudly provide a vast array of services that help us keep our community safe and healthy.
We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and dependent adults
- Care for Caregivers: Resilience Through Adversity is a series of sessions designed to help caregivers build their resilience and advance their mental well-being during these difficult times
- Flexible spending accounts
- Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
- Matching Retirement Programs
- Wellness Programs
Responsibilities
- Serves as a Charge Nurse as needed and ensures appropriate patient care is provided in a cost effective, quality driven and patient focused manner OR functions as an RN Resource Nurse for the facility.
- Serves on teams and leads teams as a part of daily practice
- Serves as a role model for the unit in incorporating national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction.
- Role models communication skills and is able to articulate and translate the patient’s condition to physicians and other colleagues; effectively utilizes AIDET and SBAR communication methods.
- If applicable, participates in at least one specialty role that is not required of all registered nurses on the unit.
- Supports continuous learning on the unit by sharing research material from professional journals and/or organizations.
- Identifies opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement.
- Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice.
- Ensures improvements in the practice setting by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
- Facilitates unit-based education, in- services, and skills validation
- Serves as a preceptor as needed for nurse interns, new graduate, and experienced nurses OR functions as an RN Resource Nurse for the facility
- Serves as a unit-based champion on a committee or council (e.g., diabetes, falls, wound, CAUTI, CLABSI, SSI, HCAHPS, IT, etc.); completes unit-based audits and provides data to management for follow-up with staff to achieve positive outcomes.
Qualifications
- BSN
- Three (3) years of RN experience
- BLS with skills demonstration required (and ACLS, if applicable)
- Current and Approved National Certification: https://www.nursingworld.org/organizational‐programs/magnet/accepted-certifications
- Active Registered Nurse license in good standing with the Texas Board of Nursing
Pay Range
$33.00 - $52.80 /hour
Salary : $33 - $53
