RN Outpatient Surgery

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 be successful in this 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. Assessment: Conduct admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition. Provide nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs. Notify the doctor of changes in assessment that require attention. Reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notify physicians as necessary to modify interventions. Adjust nursing care to meet patient’s emerging and changing needs. Planning: Design, direct, evaluate, and document the plan of care, patient/family teaching and 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 take 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. Report Skills: Give and receive reports using the 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 off‑going shift and delegate tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker’s experience, abilities and the patient's acuity. Environment & Patient Safety: Maintain patient and work environment to maximize safe working space. Promptly remove all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to the appropriate location. Incorporate national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction. Report all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately. Supplies: Maintain accurate documentation of charges and supplies used to provide patient care through cost containment measures. Job Requirements Required Associate of Nursing At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 days Preferred Bachelor of Nursing Where You'll Work St. Joseph Health has been caring for the communities in and surrounding the Brazos Valley since 1936 (Bryan/College Station, Navasota, Caldwell, Madisonville). St. Joseph has a Level III Trauma Center, the first Joint Commission certified Primary Stroke Center and the first accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley. St. Joseph Health is a leader in critical care and the largest provider of cardiovascular care in the region. As an integrated healthcare system St. Joseph Health includes a comprehensive network of over 100 employed providers including primary care physicians, specialists and advanced practice clinicians. The network includes more than 30 ambulatory clinics featuring Primary Care, Express Clinics and Imaging and Diagnostic Services. Pay Range $31.50 - $51.45 /hour #J-18808-Ljbffr