ICU Nurse
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
- Unit and setting
- ICU · Hospital
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire andTX Registered Nurse license upon hire
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- TX Registered Nurse license upon hire Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and Check your license
- Education
- Associate of Nursing upon hire Associate Of Nursing, upon hire or
- Experience
- at least 1 year RN experience upon hire At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire and
Preferred
- Education
- Bachelors of Science upon hire Bachelors Of Science, upon hire
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Texas PRN rolesTexas PRN postings that state pay run $30/hr to $63/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $51/hr, across 261 postings.
The role and schedule
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
- Day to day
- admission and ongoing assessment of patient condition Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition.
- Day to day
- provide nursing care for physical, psychological, and spiritual needs Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs.
- Day to day
- notify doctor of assessment changes Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.
- Day to day
- design, direct, evaluate, and document plan of care, patient/family teaching, and transition of care discharge plan Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge.
- Day to day
- collaborate with clinical disciplines to meet specialized care and discharge needs Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs.
- Day to day
- formulate plan of care and daily goals for individualized patient needs Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.
- Day to day
- prepare patients for treatments, surgeries, and diagnostic studies Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety.
- Day to day
- report significant condition changes to charge nurse/team leader or physician Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician.
- Day to day
- implement patient safety initiatives, protocols, and medication safety practices Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.
- Day to day
- reassess patients at appropriate intervals following interventions Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions.
- Day to day
- notify physician to modify interventions Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions.
- Day to day
- adjust nursing care to emerging and changing needs Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs.
- Day to day
- give and receive bedside shift report with family participation Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation.
- Day to day
- provide comprehensive report to oncoming shift Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care.
- Day to day
- receive shift report and delegate tasks according to staff experience, abilities, and patient acuity Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker's experience, abilities and the patient's acuity.
- Day to day
- maintain safe patient and work environment Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space.
- Day to day
- promptly remove used and soiled equipment and linen Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to appropriate location.
- Day to day
- incorporate goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction.
- Day to day
- report patient safety and hazard concerns immediately Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.
- Details
- 66-bed facility St. Luke's Health-Memorial Livingston is a 66-bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system.
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
On your path
ICU / Critical Care is a specialty you move into. The classic route: base year, then transfer in.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.
Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.
To thrive in this vital role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.
Assessment: Does admission and ongoing assessment of patient’s condition. Provides nursing care to meet the patient’s physical, psychological and spiritual needs. Notifies doctor of changes in assessment that require attention.
Planning: Designs, directs, evaluates, and documents the plan of care, patient/family teaching and the transition of care plan to include a safe appropriate level of care discharge. Works with other clinical disciplines to meet specialized patient care and discharge needs. Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient.
Implementation: Prepares patients physically, psychologically, and spiritually for treatments, surgeries and diagnostic studies to help reduce patient anxiety. Knows patients' conditions and reports significant changes to Charge Nurse/Team Leader, and/or physician. Implements patient safety initiative and protocols including medication safety practices, physician orders, consult notifications.
Evaluation: Reassesses patients at appropriate intervals following interventions. Notifies physician as necessary to modify interventions. Adjusts nursing care to meet patient's emerging and changing needs.
Report
Skills
Gives and receives report using Bedside Shift Report including family participation. Provides an accurate and comprehensive report to the oncoming shift to help establish continuity of patient care. Receives report from off-going shift and delegates tasks as needed to provide continuity of care according to coworker's experience, abilities and the patient's acuity.
Environment & Patient Safety: Maintains patient and work environment to maximize safe working space. Promptly removes all used and soiled equipment, linen, etc. to appropriate location. Incorporates national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety and satisfaction.
Reports all patient safety and hazard concerns immediately.
Job RequirementsRequired*
- At least one (1) year of RN experience, upon hire and
- Associate Of Nursing, upon hire or
- Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - CPR, within 14 - days and
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 - months
Preferred
Bachelors Of Science, upon hire
Where You'll Work
St. Luke's Health-Memorial Livingston is a 66-bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. This facility delivers more than 60,000 patient services annually—half through its Level IV trauma-designated emergency department. Patients have access to a wide range of services including orthopedic care, women’s health and a state-of-the-art sleep center. Advanced imaging services include MRI, CT, 3D mammography, 4D ultrasound, cardiac echo and more—all close to home.
Pay Range
$30.70 - $46.82 /hour
What's around it?
Livingston, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,104/mo
- Household income
- $48,841/yr, all local households, not nurse pay