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LVAD and overflow Transplant RN

You'll build and adjust individualized care plans for your patients, including their family teaching and discharge planning.

Posted Sep 12

Shift and hours
Nights36 hours a week
Unit and setting
LVAD and overflow Transplant · Hospital LVAD and overflow Transplant RNLVAD and transplant patients
License
RN license Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire
Term
Permanent

Do you qualify?

License
Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire

What it pays

Against similar roles
Top of Houston staff RN payHouston staff RN postings that state pay run $33/hr to $42/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $35/hr, across 188 postings.
Tuition assistance
Offered

Benefits

  • Benefitsprescription drug coverageprescription drug
  • Benefitsvision plansvision plans
  • Benefitslife insurancelife insurance
  • Benefitspaid time offpaid time off
  • Benefitstuition reimbursementtuition reimbursement
  • Benefitsretirement planretirement plan benefits
More benefits (4)
  • medical
  • prescription drug
  • dental
  • retirement plan benefits

The role and schedule

Day to day
procedure preparation Prepares patients for procedures
Day to day
medication administration ensures patient safety protocols, including medication administration
Day to day
patient and family teaching including patient/family education and discharge planning
Day to day
discharge planning

The workplace

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Your fit

Questions to ask

  • Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
  • What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
  • 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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On your path

Med surg A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.

Original listing

Posted on CommonSpirit Health’s careers page.

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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. Patient Assessment & Care: Conducts comprehensive assessments, provides holistic nursing care, and notifies physicians of significant changes.

Care Planning & Coordination: Develops, directs, and evaluates individualized care plans, including patient/family education and discharge planning, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams. Treatment Implementation: Prepares patients for procedures, implements physician orders, and ensures patient safety protocols, including medication administration. Ongoing Evaluation & Adjustment: Regularly reassesses patient responses to interventions, adapts care to changing needs, and communicates with physicians for modifications.

Effective Communication & Handoffs: Utilizes Bedside Shift Report, provides thorough patient updates, and delegates tasks for seamless care transitions. Safety & Quality Assurance: Maintains a safe patient and work environment, promptly addresses hazards, and actively contributes to quality and patient satisfaction initiatives.

What's around it?

In Houston, TX

Houston, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about the same as the US average

Median rent
$1,361/mo
Household income
$64,813/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

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