Emergency Services RN

About the role

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional delivering compassionate, high‑quality care that impacts patients' well‑being and recovery. You will provide individualized, comprehensive care, make critical assessments, perform skilled procedures, and implement patient care plans while collaborating within an interdisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Assessment: Perform admission and ongoing assessments of patients’ conditions, provide nursing care to meet physical, psychological, and spiritual needs, and notify physicians of changes requiring attention.
• Planning: Design, direct, evaluate, and document care plans, patient/family teaching, and transition plans; work with clinical disciplines to meet specialized care and discharge needs; set daily goals based on individualized patient needs.
• Implementation: Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies; report significant changes to charge nurse, team leader, or physician; implement patient safety initiatives and medication safety practices.
• Evaluation: Reassess patients at appropriate intervals after interventions, notify physicians to modify interventions as needed, and adjust nursing care to meet emerging needs.
• Report Skills: Conduct bedside shift reports with family participation, providing accurate and comprehensive handoffs to ensure continuity of care.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• At least 1 year (24–months) of RN experience.
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or equivalent experience upon hire.
• Registered Nurse license in Texas upon hire.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) – CPR certification within 14 days of hire.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification within 6 months of hire.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within 6 months of hire.

Work Location

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, a 1,045‑bed facility in the Texas Medical Center. The new McNair Campus spans 27.5 acres and focuses on evidence‑based patient safety, research, education, and transformative patient care.

Pay

$35.45 – $55.36 per hour.