Neurology/Transplant Med Surg Telemetry RN III

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. 

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. Operating 137 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents. 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

• As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for the delivery of excellence in patient care through assessing, formulating nursing diagnoses and establishing goals, planning and implementing intervention and evaluating patient care outcomes. With the staff nurse's professional practice he/she responsible for participating in and maintaining quality, cost effectiveness and guest relations. Provide patient care in compliance with hospital policies and procedures and the standards of professional nursing practice as defined by the Board of Nurse Examiners for the State of Texas. 

   

  Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring, and our families need protection. With our combined resources, we are committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community. This role will allow you to give back to our community and broaden your healthcare skills.

  • RN to Patient ratio 1:5
• 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, 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