RN Cath Lab
HOUSTON, Texas
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Oct 23
- Unit and setting
- Cath-Lab
- License
- RN license Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
- Certification
- Basic Life Support - AHA BLS, within 14 days and
- Certification
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 months
- Education
- Associate's Of Science Nursing and
- Experience
- One (1) year of RN experience, upon hire and
- Experience
- Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements 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.
- Sign-on bonus
- $15,000
The workplace
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through differentials and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- 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
Cardiac is a specialty you move into. Start on tele or stepdown; cath lab and CVICU usually come later.
Original listing
Posted on St. Luke's Hospital - Vintage’s careers page.
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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 Requirements
Required
- Associate's Of Science Nursing and
- One (1) year of RN experience, upon hire and
- Demonstrated competence in Registered Nurse I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
- Registered Nurse: TX, upon hire and
- Basic Life Support - AHA BLS, within 14 days and
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support, within 6 months
$15,000 Sign on Bonus
Where You'll Work
St. Luke's Health–The Vintage Hospital is 106 bed facility that is nationally-recognized for providing high-quality, compassionate care to Northwest Houston communities including Willowbrook, Champions and Tomball. With the resources and expertise of the St. Luke’s Health system, St. Luke's-The Vintage offers the latest advancements in diagnostic and surgical services, including heart care, lung health and orthopedics. St. Luke’s Health is a member of CommonSpirit.
What's around it?
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