Registered Nurse Med Surg

Ascension

Round Rock, Texas

You'll be the primary coordinator of all disciplines caring for your patients.

Posted Oct 23

Shift and hours: Nights Schedule: Night Shift | Full-time
Unit and setting: Med Surg Sharpen your acute care expertise at Ascension, managing diverse patient populations with high-impact clinical judgment and evidence-based interventions.
License: RN license Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.Texas RN license before hire
Term: Permanent Schedule: Night Shift | Full-timeFull-time

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License: Texas RN license before hire Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Check your license
Certification: BLS within one month of hireAfter hire · obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date.
Education: Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing, or a bachelor's-level degree not in nursing plus an active RN license and enrollment in an Alternate Entry Masters of Science in Nursing program with at least 1 year completed
Education: Bachelor's in a non-nursing field, active RN license, and enrolled in an Alternate Entry MSN program with 1 year completed
Experience: 1 year RN experience One Year RN experience

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.

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Patients: Sharpen your acute care expertise at Ascension, managing diverse patient populations with high-impact clinical judgment and evidence-based interventions. Sharpen your acute care expertise at Ascension, managing diverse patient populations with high-impact clinical judgment and evidence-based interventions.
Day to day: Primary coordinator across all disciplines Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
Day to day: Discharge planning with the healthcare team Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.

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Facility: Seton Medical Center Williamson
Department: Med Surg
Schedule: Night Shift | Full-time

Implements and monitors patient care plans. Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Serves as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.

Notes and carries out physician and nursing orders. Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team. Licensure / Certification / Registration Required Credential(s): BLS Provider obtained within 1 Month (30 days) of hire date or job transfer date.

American Heart Association or American Red Cross accepted. Licensed Registered Nurse credentialed from the Texas Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date. Education Diploma from an accredited school/college of nursing required OR a bachelors level degree not in nursing, an active RN License, and enrolled in an Alternate Entry Masters of Science in Nursing Program with a minimum of 1 year in the program completed.

Work Experience One Year RN experience

What's around it?

In Round Rock, TX

Round Rock, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 2% below the US average

Median rent: $1,763/mo
Household income: $99,287/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Round Rock, TX

NeighborhoodsNurses and other relocating professionals typically land in Teravista on the northeast side (about $380K-$600K), a 1,500-plus-acre golf community with resort pools, fitness, tennis, pickleball, and trails near Round Rock Premium Outlets, IKEA, and Dell Diamond; Forest Creek ($350K-$550K) for a more established, tree-lined golf-course feel; and Paloma Lake ($350K-$500K) for newer lake-and-trail living. Downtown Round Rock and Old Town ($300K-$500K) are the walkable Main Street option, while Siena, Avery Centre, Meadows at Chandler Creek ($280K-$400K), Cat Hollow, and Masa Park near Old Settlers Park are named as more affordable everyday neighborhoods. Round Rock West and Brushy Creek ($400K-$650K) sit toward the tech corridor. Reddit locals like Siena and Avery Centre but warn Paloma Lake and Teravista HOA bills can be steep, and Teravista school assignment can vary by section.

Nurses and other relocating professionals typically land in Teravista on the northeast side (about $380K-$600K), a 1,500-plus-acre golf community with resort pools, fitness, tennis, pickleball, and trails near Round Rock Premium Outlets, IKEA, and Dell Diamond; Forest Creek ($350K-$550K) for a more established, tree-lined golf-course feel; and Paloma Lake ($350K-$500K) for newer lake-and-trail living. Downtown Round Rock and Old Town ($300K-$500K) are the walkable Main Street option, while Siena, Avery Centre, Meadows at Chandler Creek ($280K-$400K), Cat Hollow, and Masa Park near Old Settlers Park are named as more affordable everyday neighborhoods.

Round Rock West and Brushy Creek ($400K-$650K) sit toward the tech corridor. Reddit locals like Siena and Avery Centre but warn Paloma Lake and Teravista HOA bills can be steep, and Teravista school assignment can vary by section.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: lrgrealty.com Source 2: fastfietzmoving.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: racinecountyeye.com Source 5: facebook.com

Getting aroundRound Rock sits about 20 miles north of downtown Austin, with off-peak drives around 20 minutes from the west side and 20-30 minutes overall, stretching to 30-plus minutes from the east side near SH 130. The typical one-way commute is 25.2 minutes; 81.6% drive alone, 8.5% carpool, 6.9% work from home, and only 0.9% use mass transit, so a car is required and I-35 peak congestion is the main daily headache. Local hospital employers include St. David's Round Rock Medical, Ascension Seton Williamson, and Baylor Scott & White, which lets nurses working in town skip the Austin inbound crawl. Public transit is described as minimal.

Round Rock sits about 20 miles north of downtown Austin, with off-peak drives around 20 minutes from the west side and 20-30 minutes overall, stretching to 30-plus minutes from the east side near SH 130. The typical one-way commute is 25.2 minutes; 81.6% drive alone, 8.5% carpool, 6.9% work from home, and only 0.9% use mass transit, so a car is required and I-35 peak congestion is the main daily headache. Local hospital employers include St. David's Round Rock Medical, Ascension Seton Williamson, and Baylor Scott & White, which lets nurses working in town skip the Austin inbound crawl.

Public transit is described as minimal.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: lrgrealty.com Source 2: fastfietzmoving.com Source 3: racinecountyeye.com Source 4: atxfirefightermoving.com Source 5: youtube.com

OutdoorsOld Settlers Park is the city's outdoor anchor, with trails, sports fields, Champion Fields, and festivals, and the Brushy Creek Regional Trail offers hike-and-bike miles near Teravista. Paloma Lake is built around a lake amenity and community trails; Teravista and Forest Creek add 18-hole golf courses and internal trail networks. Kalahari Resorts operates the largest indoor waterpark in the country, with more than 30 slides including the Tanzanian Twister, a wave pool, lazy river, and an adults-only Grotto Swim-Up Bar. In summer, Main Street Plaza becomes a splash pad.

Old Settlers Park is the city's outdoor anchor, with trails, sports fields, Champion Fields, and festivals, and the Brushy Creek Regional Trail offers hike-and-bike miles near Teravista. Paloma Lake is built around a lake amenity and community trails; Teravista and Forest Creek add 18-hole golf courses and internal trail networks.

Kalahari Resorts operates the largest indoor waterpark in the country, with more than 30 slides including the Tanzanian Twister, a wave pool, lazy river, and an adults-only Grotto Swim-Up Bar. In summer, Main Street Plaza becomes a splash pad.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: goroundrock.com Source 2: fastfietzmoving.com Source 3: racinecountyeye.com Source 4: austintexas.org Source 5: texasmonthly.com Source 6: lrgrealty.com

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Round Rock sits 20 miles north of downtown Austin as the Sports Capital of Texas and Dell headquarters town, a suburb of about 119,000-125,000 where nurses can staff St. David's Round Rock Medical, Ascension Seton Williamson, or Baylor Scott & White without the Austin crawl. The draw is Round Rock ISD, master-planned pools and golf, and housing that undercuts Austin: median homes near $400,000, two-bedrooms $1,500-$1,800, from Meadows at Chandler Creek and Siena in the high $200Ks to Teravista and Brushy Creek at $400K-$650K. Life is car-bound, 81.6% drive alone and 0.9% take transit, and I-35 peak traffic is the tax on that extra square footage. Downtown Main Street Plaza holds Round Rock Donuts, The Dime, Slapbox Pizza, and piano bars; weekends go to Old Settlers Park, Brushy Creek Regional Trail, the Round Rock Express at Dell Diamond, and Kalahari's indoor waterpark. Summers run hot and humid, winters mild. It fits families and dual-income professionals who want a yard and amenities, not nightly Austin nightlife.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: lrgrealty.com Source 2: fastfietzmoving.com Source 3: racinecountyeye.com Source 4: atxfirefightermoving.com Source 5: austintexas.org Source 6: goroundrock.com Source 7: texasmonthly.com Source 8: youtube.com Source 9: reddit.com

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