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Registered Nurse (RN) II, Emergency Dept 11a-11p

Houston Methodist · Houston, TX · 1 mo ago
HealthcareFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections only if real content. We need to parse the posting. First, we have a description: "Come lead with us at Houston Methodist West Hospital At Houston Methodist, the Registered Nurse (RN) II position is a licensed staff nurse, an experienced clinician, functions at the Competent to Proficient stage of Benner's model of clinical practice. The RN II position provides professional nursing care to a diverse patient population, conducts nursing assessments, assists with exams and treatment, patient education, and maintenance of medical records. The RN II position provides direct patient care effectively and efficiently which may include patients with varied and complex needs. This position communicates and collaborates with the physicians and interprofessional health care team to facilitate, coordinate and maintain compassionate, efficient, quality care and achievement of desired treatment outcomes. The RN II position demonstrates clinical competence when providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures and managing emergencies, acting as a patient and family advocate in order to monitor and maintain patient rights. This position assumes leadership roles with progressive responsibility including but not limited to participating in or leading unit and shared governance initiatives, serving as charge nurse or preceptor to students or new employees, and possibly contributing to service line or hospital-wide initiatives in partnership with management." That's about the role. Then "FLSA STATUS Non-exempt" - maybe not needed. Then "QUALIFICATIONS EDUCATION Graduate of education program approved by the credentialing body for the required credential(s) indicated below in the Certifications, Licenses and Registrations section EXPERIENCE Twelve months registered nurse experience in a healthcare environment LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS Required RN - Registered Nurse - Texas State Licensure - Texas Board of Nursing_PSV Compact Licensure – Must obtain permanent Texas license within 60 days (if establishing Texas residency) andBLS - Basic Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association andACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association andPALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support or Instructor (AHA) - American Heart Association within 4 months andNIHSTROKE - National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Certification (AHA) - American Heart Association within 4 months andNVCRISIS - Nonviolent Crisis Intervention or Instructor (CPI) - Crisis Prevention Institute within 4 months Preferred Magnet - ANCC Recognized Certification orENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certification (ENA) orTNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course or Instructor (ENA)" Then "KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through ongoing skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations as defined in orientation checklist and annual departmental competency checklist Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially with regard to activities impacting patient or employee safety or security Ability to effectively communicate with patients, physicians, family members and co-workers in a manner consistent with a customer service focus and application of positive language principles Strong assessment, organizational and problem solving skills as evidenced by capacity to prioritize multiple tasks and role components Ability to function independently and exercise judgment in interactions with physicians, interprofessional care team and patients and their families Uses critical thinking skills and clinical judgment to work autonomously as defined by the Nurse Practice Act Demonstrates proficient time management skills Maintains level of professional contributions as defined in Clinical Career Path program guide Working knowledge of Microsoft products including Outlook" Then "ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS ..." etc. We need to decide sections: About the role (intro), Responsibilities (essential functions), Requirements (qualifications, licenses, experience), Skills (knowledge and abilities), Benefits (maybe none), Pay (none), Schedule (maybe none). There's no explicit benefits, pay, schedule. So we should not include those sections. We need to include sections only if real content. Thus we will have:

About the role

with paragraph(s) summarizing the description.

Responsibilities

with list of essential functions (people, service, quality/safety, finance, growth/innovation). Could be a list.

Requirements

with education, experience, licenses/certifications.

Skills

with knowledge and abilities. We must not repeat job title as heading. Already not. We must not include Job ID etc. We must preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep details like "Graduate of education program approved by the credentialing body for the required credential(s) indicated below in the Certifications, Licenses and Registrations section". That's vague but we keep. We need to preserve license details exactly. We need to preserve "Preferred Magnet - ANCC Recognized Certification or ENPC - Emergency Nursing Pediatric Certification (ENA) or TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course or Instructor (ENA)". Keep. We need to preserve "FLSA STATUS Non-exempt"? Not needed for sections; maybe we can drop as metadata? It's minor metadata; we could fold into a short p or drop. Probably drop. We need to preserve "ON-CALL* Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. Disaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.On Call* Yes". This is schedule info? It's about on-call requirement. Could be schedule. The instruction: include Schedule section only if posting actually states them. It does state on-call requirement. So we could include a Schedule section with that info. However we need to avoid filler like "not specified". This is specific: on-call may be required during emergencies. So we can include Schedule section with that. But also there is "TRAVEL** Travel specifications may vary by department**May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area No". That's also schedule/travel. Could be part of Schedule or maybe separate? Since we only have Schedule section, we could include travel info there. Thus we may have Schedule section with on-call and travel details. Benefits: none. Pay: none. Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Schedule. We need to use
  • for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For responsibilities we can list each essential function category as items. For requirements we can list education, experience, licenses/certifications as list. For skills we can list knowledge and abilities as list. For schedule we can list on-call and travel as list. We need to preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep the exact phrasing? Probably we can keep the sentences but we can break into list items. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. At end there is "Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer." That's boilerplate; remove. Also remove duplicated lines: there is duplicate of licenses and certifications later; we should include only once. Now construct HTML. We'll start with

    About the role

    ...

    The about role paragraph: combine the initial description. Let's craft: "Come lead with us at Houston Methodist West Hospital. At Houston Methodist, the Registered Nurse (RN) II position is a licensed staff nurse, an experienced clinician, functions at the Competent to Proficient stage of Benner's model of clinical practice. The RN II position provides professional nursing care to a diverse patient population, conducts nursing assessments, assists with exams and treatment, patient education, and maintenance of medical records. The RN II position provides direct patient care effectively and efficiently which may include patients with varied and complex needs. This position communicates and collaborates with the physicians and interprofessional health care team to facilitate, coordinate and maintain compassionate, efficient, quality care and achievement of desired treatment outcomes. The RN II position demonstrates clinical competence when providing care, using technology, administering medications, performing procedures and managing emergencies, acting as a patient and family advocate in order to monitor and maintain patient rights. This position assumes leadership roles with progressive responsibility including but not limited to participating in or leading unit and shared governance initiatives, serving as charge nurse or preceptor to students or new employees, and possibly contributing to service line or hospital-wide initiatives in partnership with management." That's all. Now Responsibilities: we have sections: PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS, GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS. Each has bullet-like sentences. We'll create list items for each category, preserving the content. We need to extract each category's text. PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: "Uses therapeutic communication, which includes active listening and teaching, to establish a relationship with patients, families and interprofessional health care team to collaborate on the plan of care. Contributes to teamwork by awareness of overall unit acuity, consistently offering assistance, and responding positively to requests for assistance. Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment. Seeks guidance from and offers guidance to interprofessional health care team, when appropriate, and applies feedback to improve patient outcomes. Implements staff education specific to patient populations and unit processes; coaches and mentors other staff and students. May include preceptorship. Uses peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of department score for turnover/retention/employee engagement on unit-based scorecard." SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: "Follows the patient and family-centered care standards, as outlined in the Houston Methodist Professional Nursing Practice document. Conducts nursing assessments, assists with exams and treatment, and maintenance of medical records. Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles. Develops, updates and communicates plan of care, including discharge, in partnership with the patient, family and interprofessional health care team, using the nursing process. Prioritizes care based on the patient’s needs, abilities and preferences. Advocates on patient/family’s behalf to identify and resolve clinical and ethical concerns, utilizing appropriate resources. Provides patient teaching based on learning needs, uses appropriate resources, incorporating planning for care after discharge. Consistently evaluates the patient’s comprehension and adapts teaching methods accordingly. Helps drive improvement of department score for patient satisfaction on unit-based scorecard, through peer-to-peer accountability to service standards." QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: "Follows the standards of care related to the nursing process, as outlined in the Houston Methodist Professional Nursing Practice document. Follows the standards related to regulatory requirements and professional practice as outlined in the Houston Methodist Professional Nursing Practice document. Identifies areas of practice improvements with research-based evidence to achieve core measure and patient safety outcomes, supported by accurate documentation. Provides and modifies care to complex patients and coordinates care with the interprofessional team based on evaluation of the patient’s condition, supported by accurate documentation. Utilizes clinical judgement, using an evidence-based analytical approach. Improves quality and safety scores on the unit-based scorecard, through peer-to-peer accountability, reporting near misses, and collaborating with the interprofessional health care team." FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: "Displays self-motivation to independently manage time effectively, timely document care, minimize incidental overtime, and prioritize daily tasks. Provides input into the unit resource utilization including unit capital and operational budget needs. Contributes towards meeting department financial targets on unit-based scorecard through decreasing length of stay, optimizing efficiency and other areas according to department specifications." GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: "Identifies and presents areas for innovation, efficiency and improvement in patient care or unit operations using evidence-based practice literature. Offers innovative solutions through evidence-based practice/performance improvement projects and shared governance activities. Champions new care pathways or service line implementation to improve service to the community. Identifies trends for improvement opportunities or practice changes and supports initiatives. Researches the change and presents options to shared governance and leadership." Now Requirements: Education, Experience, Licenses and Certifications (required and preferred). Also maybe FLSA status?

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