Registered Nurse (RN) Inpatient Pediatric Float Pool (Nights)

We are searching for an Pediatric Float Pool Registered Nurse (RN) - someone who works well in a fast-paced hospital setting. In this position you’ll provide quality nursing care to patients by assessing, planning, educating, implementing, and evaluating age appropriate care in a manner that incorporates family centered principles and cost-effective care.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

Looking for critical care experience

Pediatric experience

** Will float to  all ICUs, Acute Care, PACU, IR, and ER**

Shifts available:

Nights 7p-7a

Qualifications:

•  Bachelor’s degree in nursing, associate’s degree, or technical diploma in nursing with acceptance or current enrollment in a BSN program and signed agreement or an associate’s degree in a related field accepted by the Texas Board of Nursing for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining an RN license required or must be currently enrolled in a nursing bridge program working toward an MSN with a verified BSN-equivalency or a signed agreement.

•  9 months experience in professional nursing (minimum)

•  RN License by Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse License Compact

•  CPR – Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association

•  The ability to demonstrate positive and appropriate interpersonal skills, good time and resource management skills, flexibility, strong oral and written communication skills, knowledge of unit-specific equipment, and knowledge of the nursing process, critical thinking skills, PALS, 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