RN, Registered Nurse - Rapid Response
Beaumont, Texas
Posted Sep 10
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Role
- Term
- Full Time
- Accepts
- RN
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Summary
Assures appropriate staffing is maintained on all Nursing Units; responsible for the clinical and administrative supervision of overall hospital activities in the absence of Administration and Nursing Director/Managers.
Responsibilities
- Provides supervision and guidance to all areas by visiting units/departments throughout the shift to ascertain status of areas, interpreting policies and regulations to staff patients, and visitors, coordinating placement/transfer of patients, and responding to staffing issues
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- Screens incoming patients for appropriateness of admission/transfer and facilitates placement in proper level of care
- Functions at all times as the hospital administrative representative by acting as hospital spokesperson, as appropriate, investigating incidents and events and taking appropriate action, interview to provide assistance in problem-solving, and conveying a positive image of the hospital
- Consults with administrator on-call as appropriate
- Arranges/facilitates emergency operations as needed
- Performs clinical functions as needed
- Intervenes in patient, family associated, and physician complaints and follows up with director/manager and patient advocate as appropriate
- Provides staffing for oncoming shift; assigns staff utilizing appropriate mix of full time, PRN and agency staff to meet each unit’s needs
- Makes changes in KRONOS scheduling to represent the most recent staffing plan
- Monitors and utilizes competency/orientation check lists for temporary reassignment of hospital staff and assignment of agency staff
- Performs PFT reviews on PRN Pool associates
- Provides input to director on staff performance
- Works collaboratively with other house supervisors and staffing personnel within the region to effectively utilize the PRN pool
Requirements
- Associate's Degree in Nursing
- RN License in state of employment or compact
- BLS
Work
Schedule
Multiple shifts available
Work Type
Full Time
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Requirements
- Associate's Degree in Nursing
- RN License in state of employment or compact
- BLS
Place
- City
- Beaumont, Texas
- Median rent
- $1,121/mo
- Local household income
- $56,997/yr
- Metro price level
- 10% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Beaumont area index 90.0, where 100 is the national average.
Beaumont sits near the Louisiana border in Southeast Texas, blending Gulf Coast energy with a laid-back industrial town rhythm. Expect hot, humid summers, Tex-Mex and Cajun food around every corner, and easy access to the Big Thicket National Preserve just north of town. It is a practical, unpretentious place for nurses seeking affordable Gulf Coast living.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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CHRISTUS Health is a faith-based, not-for-profit Catholic health system with operations in San Antonio, TX, and globally. Led by President and CEO Ernie Sadau, the system has earned the prestigious 'Great Place to Work' national certification in consecutive years, with…
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