Registered Nurse (RN) - Inpatient - Float Pool

We are searching for an inpatient Registered Nurse for our Float Pool—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. We need someone who can collect and analyze data from the medical record in order to coordinate patient care.

Think you’ve got what it takes?

Acute Care or Critical Care Float available
Acute Care will float to 15WT (PHM, Behavioral Health), 14WT (Pulmonary/Adolescent Med), 12WT (General Med/GI/Liver and Kidney Transplant), 11WT (Surgical), 10WT (Neuro), 9WT/7WT (Hem/Onc), CPCU (Cardiology)
Critical Care will float to CICU, PICU, NICU II, NICU IV, PFW NICU, BMT

Qualifications: 
Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees at Texas Children’s, unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.

•    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.
•    1 year experience in 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

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
•    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
 

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