*Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU

About the Role

Join our dedicated healthcare team at Valley Baptist - Brownsville, where compassion meets innovation. As a Registered Nurse, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work-life balance.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program
• Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, safe, cost-effective, total nursing care to all patients
• Assume responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process
• Direct care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control
• Coordinate and plan patient care within the prescribed medical regime
• Administer medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy
• Perform and fulfill all HICS (Hospital Incident Command System) responsibilities during emergencies and disasters
• Know and adhere to the Hospital’s emergency codes and procedures

Qualifications

Education

• Required: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Preferred: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Nursing

Experience

• Preferred: Recent acute care experience

Certifications

• Required: Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice profession as required by law, regulation in state of practice or policy
• Required: AHA BLS, and if applicable by corporate policy for unit of hire, AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP

Organization Description

We help people achieve health for life through compassionate service inspired by faith. Since the early 1920s, Valley Baptist Medical Center hospitals have been involved in the community, caring for the health and spiritual needs of people in the Rio Grande Valley. Our mission is to serve, heal, and educate with concern for the whole patient, an understanding of the economic environment, and a relentless commitment to quality.