L&D Nurse

About the Role

As a Registered Nurse (RN) on our Float/Flex Team, you will deliver compassionate, high-quality care that impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. You will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, including critical assessments, skilled procedures, and implementation of patient care plans. Collaboration within an interdisciplinary team is essential to contribute to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To thrive in this role, you will need keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset driven by enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will support patient recovery and fuel your career advancement.

Responsibilities

• Utilize the nursing process to provide appropriate patient care in a cost-effective, quality-driven, and patient-focused manner.
• Collect pertinent social, psychological, developmental, and spiritual data from the patient, significant others, and other healthcare team members.
• Perform ongoing assessments, formulate nursing diagnoses and goals, plan interventions, and evaluate outcomes.
• Consistently document patient and unit records according to health system standards to meet legal and quality patient care requirements.
• Provide appropriate teaching and information to patients and families on topics such as Pain Management, Nutrition, Skin Integrity, Fall Prevention, Diabetes, Disease Process, Smoking Cessation, and Discharge Instructions.
• Demonstrate commitment to the goals and values of the patient, hospital, community, and nursing profession through cost containment, confidentiality, ethical decision-making, and patient safety.
• Use research-substantiated interventions for the patient population, participate in research activities, identify research opportunities, and collaborate with Outcomes Managers and the department.

Requirements

• Associate of Science in Nursing (required).
• At least one (1) year of RN experience (required upon hire) or 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).
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (preferred).

About the Workplace

St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279-bed facility and a member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, it provides over a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions in local charity care and community support. The facility is the area’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, offering full-spectrum stroke care with board-certified neurologists and neurosurgeons. Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, it provides compassionate, comprehensive healthcare, including off-campus rehab, outpatient facilities, and services such as wound care, infusion, and lab services. The hospital features 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN departments, and a large emergency department.

Pay

$42.00 - $42.00 per hour.