ICU Registered Nurse in Fredericksburg, Texas, United States
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As an ICU Registered Nurse, your voice to influence patient care is valued and empowered at every turn - whether through open collaborative relationships with your direct manager or more formal opportunities through hospital councils and national nursing initiatives.
Youll help shape decisions that elevate both patient outcomes and the future of nursing.
Job Summary and Qualifications
The professional Registered Nurse RN is the patient and patients family advocate. He/she consistently applies and utilizes the nursing process, critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, technical skills, and leadership to independently deliver safe nursing care to patients.
The RN collaborates with the patient care team to achieve quality patient outcomes in alignment with the Hospital mission and Methodist Excellence goals. Communicates and utilizes interpersonal skills effectively and role models confidence and professionalism within nursing as evidenced by active engagement in unit and organizational activities.
Demonstrates team work and adaptability and is a resource person to the patient care team. He/she is accountable for the quality of nursing care services delivered by self or others under their direction in accordance with the Texas Nurse Practice Act, hospital policies, and procedures, and the Texas Board of Nursing rules for delegated nursing tasks, Chapter 224.
Promotes a positive image of nursing and demonstrates team work and adaptability through consistently following the standards of Methodist Excellence.
About the Unit
10 bed Medical-Surgical ICU Patient to Nurse ratio: 21 Caring for general medical, vascular, some neurosurgical, and general surgery ICU patients Engaged & Supportive Leadership
What You Will Do
In your role, you will:
Conduct comprehensive, timely, and ongoing focused physical, psycho-social, and pain assessments, including assessment of patient education needs. Utilize the assessment, identifies problems, makes nursing diagnoses, formulates goals, teaching plans, and outcomes to create an individualized plan of care. Identify individual patient goals, readiness to learn, and incorporates family into the plan of care. Prioritize and implement a competent, prioritized, and efficient nursing plan of care. Consistently conduct timely evaluation, anticipate and recognize changes in patient conditions, determine when reassessments are needed, and adjusts the plan of care as necessary. Compare expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the plan of care. Collaborate with patient care team members on patient care plan, communicate timely and effectively with physicians and other members of the patient care team through verbal, written, or electronic communication to coordinate and facilitate meeting patient needs. Incorporate consistent use of hand-off communication and SBAR communication methods. Demonstrate critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, and organizational skills. Prioritize tasks and adjusts priorities when necessary. Maintain an orderly, efficient, and timely flow of patients. Recognize and report errors and unusual occurrences and analyze contributing factors. Initiate corrective action when appropriate. Make accurate, complete, and timely entries into the patient medical record, addressing all steps of the nursing process. Actively communicate with members of the healthcare team, patient, and patient family. Maintain current nursing knowledge to assure a safe working environment. Demonstrate practical application of all policies and procedures relative to safety and the pillars of Methodist Excellence, including Applicable quality core measures, infection prevention, fall prevention, medication administration, safety hourly rounding, and AIDET principles. Responsible to supervise tasks delegated to unlicensed personnel and accountable for tasks performed by unlicensed personnel according to the Texas BON rules for delegated nursing tasks, Chapter 224. Supports the mission and vision of the Methodist Healthcare System. Understands and is committed to helping the Methodist Healthcare System and its associated facilities achieve its goals. Must learn and comply with System and facility safety policies and rules, must use appropriate safety equipment and procedures at all times, must immediately report all unsafe conditions to supervisors, must be familiar with all safety features of equipment, tools, or materials encompassed by job duties, and must check with supervisors prior to job performance if there is a question as to the safe procedure to be used for any job function. Adheres to the MHS Code of Conduct and demonstrates ethical behavior as expected by our patients, colleagues, and the community. Understands the personal obligation to report any activity that appears to violate applicable laws, rules, regulations, or the Code of Conduct itself. Recognizes and responds to crisis situations. Notifies appropriate individuals of actual or impending crisis. Incorporates patients cultural and spiritual beliefs into care by making appropriate referrals to chaplain, social services, case manager, etc. Documents pertinent data, including assessment, interventions, and evaluations. Participates in performance improvement activities of the hospital/unit, may include data collection, participation on a team, or implementing recommendations identified through quality initiatives. Assists in providing education for staff through being a liaison and/or through preceptorship. Assists coworkers willingly and shares information/resources with team members. Patient information is managed confidentially - including both written and electronic records. Ensures physical and auditory privacy. Completes other duties as assigned.
Practices and adheres to the Code of Conduct and Mission and Value Statement.
Benefits
Methodist Hospital Hill Country offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine services Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3-9 of pay based on years of service Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts
Learn more about Employee Benefits
Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.
Nurses play a pivotal role and are the backbone of healthcare delivery. At HCA Healthcare, we are dedicated to ensuring nurses have necessary tools and resources to provide world-class patient care, advocating for the profession, and helping to shape the future of nursing.
Sammie Mosier, DHA, MA, BSN, NE-BC Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive HCA Healthcare
Founded in Fredericksburg, Texas, in 1971, Methodist Hospital | Hill Country is an award-winning healthcare organization that has gained a reputation for delivering remarkable care. The hospital has been named a Fortune 100 Hospital nine times in its history due to its excellent quality outcomes and experience results. The recipient of the prestigious Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award, Methodist Hospital | Hill Country is the largest employer in Gillespie County with more than 600 staff and 225 medical staff members. Methodist Hospital | Hill Country formerly Hill Country Memorial Hospital offers state-of-the-art services like the Restore Joint Replacement Center and an interventional cardiology program.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the Worlds Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
If this opportunity is your next step in your career path, we encourage you to apply for our ICU Registered Nurse opening.