ICU Nurse
Lufkin, Texas
You'll make critical assessments, perform skilled procedures and carry out patient care plans every day.
Posted Aug 16
- Unit and setting
- ICU · Hospital
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire andTexas RN license upon hire
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Texas RN license upon hire Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and Check your license
- Education
- Associate's degree in nursing Associates Of Science Nursing
- Experience
- 1 year of RN experience At least one (1) year of RN experience
Preferred
- Education
- BSN preferred Bachelors Of Science Nursing, upon hire
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Texas staff rolesTexas staff postings that state pay run $28/hr to $60/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $48/hr, across 1,592 postings.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- patient prep 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
- patient and family teaching and discharge 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.
- Details
- 279-bed facility St. Luke’s Health - Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, 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?
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.
Essential key job responsibilities
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
Job RequirementsRequired*
- Associates Of Science Nursing
- At least one (1) year of RN experience and
- 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 Nursing, upon hire
Where You'll Work
St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. We’re the area’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, with board-certified neurologists and neurosurgeons offering full-spectrum stroke care.
Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin offers compassionate, comprehensive health care, including off-campus rehab and outpatient facilities and services. In addition to its large emergency department, there are 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN, wound care, infusion and lab services.
Pay Range
$30.70 - $46.82 /hour
What's around it?
Lufkin, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,079/mo
- Household income
- $57,048/yr, all local households, not nurse pay