Nurse Clinician III (RN) - ED Clear Lake (Part-Time/24 hours/week)

JOB SUMMARY

Essential Job Functions
Professional Practice: Nursing Process
- Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates, and documents the daily care of assigned patients.
- Identifies nursing diagnoses/patient care needs.
- Develops and individualizes care plan and revises plan of care as needed.
- Executes physician's orders for all assigned patients.
- Administers medications and treatments and delivers culturally congruent and specialty appropriate competent nursing care in accordance with UTMB's policies, procedures, and standards in a caring and compassionate manner.
- Performs routine technical procedures/skills in specialty area assigned.
Patient/Family Teaching & Health Promotion
- Provides basic patient/family instruction and healthcare teaching based on identified learning needs (patient values, beliefs, barriers, and readiness to learn).
- Utilizes evidence-based resources to provide patient/family education.
- Uses Teach-Back to determine effectiveness and modifies strategies as needed.
Care Coordination & Delegation
- Plans, coordinates, and prioritizes patient care activities according to skill level and work complexity.
- Maintains safety and continuity of care using methods such as bedside shift report, hand-off tools/processes, inter-disciplinary rounding, etc.
- Demonstrates effective time management skills.
- Delegates appropriately, seeking guidance when needed.
- Demonstrates competent use of technology in the delivery of patient care.

QUALIFICATIONS

• RN with two years of clinical RN experience.
• Must possess and maintain a current license or valid permit to practice in Texas.
• Current BLS required.

SKILLS

Values specialty unit, nursing, and institutional strategic initiatives and health system goals.
Recognizes unit, nursing, and institutional strategic initiatives and health system goals.
Recognizes the importance of financial responsibility to promote fiscal health for the patient, unit and organization.

BENEFITS

Salary commensurate with experience.

PAY

TBD

SCHEDULE

TBD