RN ICU

St. Lukes HealthThe Vintage Hospital provides high-quality compassionate care for residents of the Willowbrook Champions and Tomball areas of Northwest Houston. With the resources of the St. Lukes Health system we are able to deliver the most advanced care available to our Northwest Houston community. The Vintage Hospital offers the latest in diagnostic and surgical expertise including heart care womens health and orthopedics.

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. Youll 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: Does admission and ongoing assessment of patients condition. Provides nursing care to meet the patients physical psychological and spiritual needs. Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.
• Planning: Designs directs evaluates and documents the plan of care patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.
• Implementation: Prepares patients physically psychologically and spiritually for treatments surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices physician orders consult notifications.
• Evaluation: Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjusts nursing care to meet patients emerging and changing needs.
• Report Skills: Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receives report from

Required

• Associates in nursing or diploma
• One (1) year of RN experience
• Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
• Registered Nurse: TX
• Basic Life Support - AHA BLS within 14 days and
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support within 6 months