L&D Nurse

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. You will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, make critical assessments, perform skilled procedures, and implement patient care plans. Collaborating within an interdisciplinary team, you will contribute to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this role, you will need keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, a patient-first mindset, and a dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Assessment: Conduct admission and ongoing assessments of patient’s condition. Provide nursing care to meet physical, psychological, and spiritual needs. Notify the doctor of changes in assessment requiring attention.
• Planning: Design, direct, evaluate, and document the plan of care, patient/family teaching, and the transition of care plan, including safe discharge planning. Collaborate with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulate a plan of care and daily goals tailored to the individualized needs of the patient.
• Implementation: Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies to reduce anxiety. Monitor patients' 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.
• Evaluation: Reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notify the physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjust nursing care to meet the patient's emerging and changing needs.
• Report Skills: Give and receive reports using Bedside Shift Report, including family participation. Provide an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to ensure continuity of care. Receive reports from the off-going shift and delegate tasks as needed based on coworker experience, abilities, and patient acuity.
• Environment & Patient Safety: Maintain a safe patient and work environment. Promptly remove used and soiled equipment and linen. Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction. Report all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.

Requirements

• Associate's degree in Nursing (required).
• At least one (1) year of RN experience (required upon hire).
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire.
• Registered Nurse license in Texas (required upon hire).
• Basic Life Support - CPR certification (required within 14 days of hire).
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification (required within 6 months of hire).

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (preferred).

About the Workplace

Located just off Highway 59 south, the 66-bed hospital in Livingston provides over 60,000 patient services each year, with half of those services offered in the Level 4 Trauma-Designated Emergency Department. Services include Orthopedic care, Women’s Services, and a state-of-the-art Sleep Center. Imaging services include MRI, CT scan, nuclear medicine scans, 4D Ultrasound, cardiac echocardiograms, fluoroscopy, bone density scanning, and 3D mammography.

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., CommonSpirit offers accessible care through clinics, hospitals, home-based care, and virtual care services. The organization is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for the poor and vulnerable, and innovating healing both inside and outside hospitals.

Pay

$30.70 - $46.82 per hour.