REGISTERED NURSE - INPATIENT OPERATING ROOM WOMEN SERVICES

Company: Texas Children's Hospital
Location: Houston
Posted on: November 16, 2024

Job Description:

Job Description

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.

Think you've got what it takes?

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)

--- Circulating experience preferred

--- The ability to demonstrate positive and appropriate interpersonal skills

--- Demonstrate good time and resource management skills

--- Demonstrate flexibility

--- Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills

--- Operate unit specific equipment

--- Able to work night, Able to 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 problem, 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

--- Assess 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.

--- Participate in unit performance improvement initiatives.

About Us

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. Three private OB/GYN practices, The Family Fertility Center, The Menopause Center and The Women's Place - Center for Reproductive Psychiatry are all housed here. Additionally, we also recently opened a community-based OB/GYN practice in Pearland.

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.

Keywords: Texas Children's Hospital, Houston , REGISTERED NURSE - INPATIENT OPERATING ROOM WOMEN SERVICES, Healthcare , Houston, Texas