Med Surg Nurse

Job Summary and Responsibilities As a Registered Nurse (RN) on our Float/Flex Team, you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well‑being and recovery while presenting a positive attitude and being reliable. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You’ll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes. To thrive in this vital role, you possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient‑first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast‑paced environment will support patient recovery and fuel your own career advancement. Utilize the nursing process to ensure appropriate patient care is provided 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 health care team members. Perform ongoing assessment, formulate nursing diagnosis and goals, plan appropriate interventions, and evaluate the outcome of interventions. Consistently document in the patient and unit records according to written health system standards of care in order to meet legal and quality patient care requirements. Provide appropriate teaching and information to patients and families, including information on 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 measures, maintaining confidentiality, appropriate ethical decision‑making, and ensuring patient safety. Use interventions substantiated by research as appropriate in the patient population. Participate in research activities, identify opportunities for research, and collaborate with Outcomes managers and department. Job Requirements Required Associate of Science Nursing and at least one (1) year of RN experience; upon hire. Diploma Nursing and at least one (1) year of RN experience; upon hire. Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire. Registered Nurse: Texas, upon hire. Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 days. Preferred Bachelor of Science Nursing, upon hire. Where You'll Work St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. We’re the area’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, with board‑certified neurologists and neurosurgeons offering full‑Spectrum stroke care. Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin offers compassionate, comprehensive health care, including off‑campus rehab and outpatient facilities and services. In addition to its large emergency department, there are 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN, wound care, infusion and lab services. Pay Range $42.00 - $42.00 /hour #J-18808-Ljbffr