RN Labor and Delivery - System Float Pool PRN

Description

Do you have the career opportunities as a Registered Nurse Labor and Delivery you want in your current role? We invest in what matters most to nurses like you – at home, at work, and at every stage in your career. We have an exciting opportunity for you to join Methodist Healthcare which is a part of the nation’s leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Do you want to work where you have a voice? Nurses are at the forefront of our commitment to the care and improvement of human life. At HCA Healthcare, there are many ways for nurses to have a voice through professional practice councils, advisory councils, vital voices surveys, and units of distinction. We learn from our multi-generational nursing family. We partner with our Nurses at Methodist Healthcare!

Will utilize the nursing process to independently deliver nursing care to patients in order to achieve quality outcomes and communicates need for guidance/supervision based on self-assessment of strengths and limitations. Promotes a positive image of nursing and promotes collegiality among healthcare team members.

System Resource Pool RNs are scheduled in accordance with the Staffing and Scheduling
- Nursing, RN Floating - Healthy Workplace Environment (HWE) and Attendance policies. Requirements of RN unit based, facility based, or system based pools are based on which pool they are in.

System Resource Pool Requirements:

Tier II (PRN):
Minimum of 36 hours per pay period, including one weekend shift. 1 Major & 1 minor holiday annually.

Tier III (PRN):
Minimum of 48 hours per pay period, including one weekend shift. 1 Major & 1 minor holiday annually.

System Resource Pool employees will be required to float to all Methodist Healthcare System Facilities. System Resource Nurses will be scheduled in units in which they have competencies. System Resource Nurse can be placed in a unit below their competency level with a modified assignment.

Employee completes initial and ongoing training and competencies as defined by service line, facility and department/unit which are specific to the needs of the patient population served (if applicable).

1.

Education:

Graduate of a nursing program - diploma, associate degree, or baccalaureate program.

2.

Experience:

Minimum of at least two years of RN experience with a minimum of one year specialty experience for those floating to specialty areas.

3. RN License to practice as a professional registered nursing in the state of Texas or Active Multi State RN Compact License. (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 60 days of hire date.)

4. BLS Certification required

Essential Job Functions:

1. Identifies and individualizes patient goals. Compares expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the POC consistent with the patient’s status, and then formulates, individualizes, and modifies patient plan of care.

2. Completes assessments of patient’s/significant others’ response to illness, the use of coping mechanisms and emotional needs, and incorporates family/ significant other into plan of care and reflects the plan of care is individualized for each patient.

3. Identifies and completes assessments of patient/ significant other educational needs. Develops and helps implement teaching plan. Provides education consistent with patient's level of understanding using existing resources for patient/ significant others.

4. Administers medications and treatments safely. Recognizes and reports errors and unusual occurrences. Analyzes and identifies precipitating factors.

5. Recognizes and responds to crisis situations. Notifies appropriate individuals of actual or impending crisis.

6. Reports and documents patient's symptoms, responses, and progress. Interventions are appropriate to patient’s symptoms, responses, and progress.

Methodist Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine…