Endoscopy PreOp Recovery RN

Job Summary and Responsibilities As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. 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 will 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 not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement. Essential Key Job Responsibilities Assessment: Admit and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition. Provide nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs. Notify doctor of changes in assessment that require attention. Planning: Design, direct, evaluate, and document the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Work with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulate a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient. Implementation: Prepare patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Know patients' conditions and report significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implement patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications. Evaluation: Reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notify physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjust nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs. Report Skills: Give and receive report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provide an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receive report from. Job Requirements Bachelor of Science Nursing and one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire. Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire. Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire. Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 days. Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 months. Where You'll Work Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an 1,045‑bed facility located in Texas. A joint venture with Baylor College of Medicine, Baylor St. Luke’s is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care, neuroscience, oncology, transplantation, and more. The hospital is home to the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a nationally‑accredited and NCI‑designated comprehensive cancer center. Our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence‑based practices for the safety of patients, visitors, staff, and physicians. The 27.5‑acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading‑edge patient care, research, and education. #J-18808-Ljbffr CommonSpirit Health