Registered Nurse; RN - PICU

This position may qualify for a sign-on bonus. Job Summary

This role provides direct clinical patient care. The role will assume responsibility for assessing, planning, and implementing direct clinical care to assigned patients on a per shift basis and at the unit level. It is responsible for supervising staff to whom appropriate care is delegated and for supporting the CNO in ensuring high‑quality, safe, and appropriate nursing care, competency of clinical staff, and appropriate resource management related to patient care.

• Provides high‑quality, safe, cost‑effective, total nursing care to all patients.
• Assumes responsibility for overall coordination and integration of patient care based on the nursing process.
• Directs care according to established standards of safety, risk management, QI, and Infection Control, aiming to discharge patients with an optimum level of care.
• Coordinates and plans patient care within the prescribed medical regime; administers all medications safely and in a timely manner per hospital policy.
• Performs and fulfills all HICS (hospital incident command system) responsibilities, assignments, tasks, and roles as directed by the facility during emergencies and/or disasters.
• Knows the hospital's emergency codes, including the purpose and appropriate action for each, and adheres to the hospital policies and procedures for each emergency code.

Join our dedicated healthcare team where compassion meets innovation! As a Registered Nurse with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in patients' lives while enjoying a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and work‑life balance.

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match
• Generous paid time off
• Career development and continuing education opportunities
• Health savings accounts, healthcare & dependent flexible spending accounts
• Employee Assistance program, Employee discount program
• Voluntary benefits include pet insurance, legal insurance, accident and critical illness insurance, long‑term care, elder & childcare, auto & home insurance

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and is determined by employment status.

We help people achieve health for life through compassionate service inspired by faith. Since the early 1920s, Valley Baptist Medical Center hospitals have been involved in the community, caring for the health and spiritual needs of people in the Rio Grande Valley. We are dedicated to continuing our strong tradition of providing quality, compassionate healthcare that puts people first.

Required:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Preferred:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing.

Preferred:
Recent acute care experience.

Required:

Currently licensed, certified, or registered to practice the profession as required by law, regulation in the state of practice or policy; AHA BLS, and if applicable by corporate policy for unit of hire, AHA ACLS and/or PALS and/or NRP.