HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland Hiring For Registered Nurse (RN) – Post Operative Unit at Texas City, TX Full Time

Do you want to be a part of a family and not just another employee? Are you looking for a work environment where diversity and inclusion thrive? Submit your application today and find out what it truly means to be a part of a team.

 

We value your contributions. Our employee recognition programs encourage our teams to raise the bar. We are currently seeking a Registered Nurse (RN)to join our family. Come be a part of the change! 

 

We offer you an excellent total compensation package, including competitive salary, excellent benefit package and growth opportunities. We believe in our team and your ability to do excellent work with us. Your benefits include 401k, PTO medical, dental, flex spending, life, disability, tuition reimbursement, employee discount program, employee stock purchase program and student loan repayment. We would love to talk to you about this fantastic opportunity.

 

“Sign on Bonus” available

HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland – Texas City, TX

Registered Nurse (RN) – Post Operative Unit
 
HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland has been an integral part of Galveston County for more than 60 years. We offer 223 beds and services in emergency medicine, obstetrics and gynecology, surgery, physical therapy, radiology, total joint replacements, hyperbaric medicine diagnostic/imaging services and wound care facilities.

 

HCA Houston Healthcare Mainland is affiliated with HCA Houston Healthcare, part of the HCA Healthcare Gulf Coast Division. The division is a comprehensive network of hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, emergency centers and diagnostic imaging facilities in greater Houston, Corpus Christi and South Texas. Facilities include: 17 hospitals, nine ambulatory care centers, 13 off-campus emergency centers, and a regional transfer center.

 

What you will do in this role:

• Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care for assigned patients.  

• Responsible for meeting the Standards of Practice for Post-Op Nursing and managing all assigned personnel, supplies and equipment.  

• Maintains competency in performing all skills outlined in the Post-Op Nursing competency skills list. 

• Participated in activities to plan, measure, assess, and improve the quality of patient care.  Will participate in peer review and continuous quality improvement activities. 

• Responsible for direction of emergent care in a crisis situation in a calm, knowledgeable manner.  

• Assumes the responsibility of charging unit, as appropriate. 

• Maintains clear and respectful communication with patients, family, physicians, and other healthcare providers.

• Responsible to know and conform to the Texas Nursing Practice Act and the Board’s rules and regulations as well as all federal, state, or local laws, rules or regulations affecting the RN’s current area of nursing practice.

• Responsible to report unsafe nursing practice by an RN which a nurse has reasonable cause to suspect has exposed or is likely to expose a client unnecessarily to risk of harm as a result of failing to provide client care that conforms to the minimum standards of acceptable and prevailing professional practice.  The RN should report unsafe practice conditions or other practitioners to the appropriate authority or licensing board.

• Responsible to clarify any order or treatment regimen that the nurse has reason to believe is inaccurate, non-efficacious or contraindicated by consulting with the appropriate licensed practitioner and notifying the ordering practitioner when the RN makes the decision not to administer the medication or treatment.

• Adheres to and complies with HCA Code of Conduct as part of our Ethics and Compliance Program.  Attends annual training sessions.