Position: Registered Nurse - Inpatient Operating Room Women Services
Talent Area: Registered Nurse
Location: Houston, TX, US
Department: PW OR
Shift: PT - 11p-7a (3 eight hour shifts) or 7p-7a (2 twelve hour shifts)
Job ID: 413585
We are searching for a Part Time Nights Registered Nurse for our Pavilion for Women Operating Room – someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide nursing care to patients having a diagnostic imaging study, ensuring patient comfort and safety while collaborating with the department to optimize patient throughput.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing or an associate’s degree, technical diploma, or current enrollment in a nursing bridge program is required
- Current licensure with the Board of Nursing for the State of Texas or Nurse Licensure Compact and BLS certification with American Heart Association are required
- One (1) year of professional nursing experience required (3 years of Operating Room experience preferred)
- The ability to demonstrate positive and appropriate interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate good time and resource management skills
- Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills
- Able to work night shifts and take call
- Knowledge of the nursing process, critical thinking skills, PALS, ACLS, and interdisciplinary collaboration
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Responsibilities:
- Performs and documents assessment of the patient/family including biophysical, psychosocial, developmental (age-appropriate), culture, spiritual, and environmental needs in an organized and systematic manner.
- Analyzes situations, anticipates potential problems, and detects changes in patient status.
- Re-prioritizes and updates plan of care based on new information and changes to the patient’s condition; communicates this information to other health care team members and documents in the medical record.
- Participates in interdisciplinary rounds and/or patient care conferences and documents in the medical record.
- Assists patients/family in implementing their role in the plan of care as appropriate.
- Assesses patient family learning needs, capabilities, preferences, and readiness to learn prior to teaching.
- Demonstrates positive and effective interpersonal skills when dealing with patients/families, visitors, peers, and other health care team members.
- Administers and documents medications and treatments in a timely manner.
- Demonstrates willingness and ability to acquire new knowledge and utilize new skills needed to improve individual, team, and organizational performance.
- Participates in unit performance improvement initiatives.
About Texas Children’s:
Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women is a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility and one of a select few hospitals nationwide that provides women, mothers, and babies with a full continuum of high-quality, expert health care. Offering a full spectrum of maternal and fetal medicine services, including an array of fetal diagnostic procedures and highly specialized fetal surgeries, the Pavilion for Women is connected to Texas Children’s Hospital via a two-story circular sky bridge to enhance patient care by providing physicians, staff, and patient families with rapid access to other pediatric subspecialists.
To join our community of 14,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities. You can also learn more about our amazing culture at infinitepassion.org.
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
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