Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center·Houston, Texas
Deliver compassionate, high-quality nursing care through critical assessments and the implementation of individualized patient care plans. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to manage patient recovery and ensure safe discharge transitions.
Where You’ll Work Baylor St.
Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045 bed facility located in the Texas medical center.
A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St.
Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more.
The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally-accredited and NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center.
Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians.
The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care, research, and education.
Job Summary and Responsibilities As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans.
You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others.
Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
ESSENTIAL KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Assessment: Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition.
Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs.
Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.
Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.
Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.
Requires a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a valid Texas RN license, and at least one year of RN experience. Must obtain BLS certification within 14 days and ACLS certification within 6 months of hire.
Market context
Texas critical care units commonly seek experienced RNs, and CCU openings are often competitive because employers look for both bedside experience and current cardiac certifications. For this role, a BSN, at least one year of RN experience, a Texas RN license, BLS, and ACLS are required. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this page to save time, then confirm your certification dates and tailor your application to critical care experience.
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