Emergency Room Nurse

Overview

St. Luke's Health-Memorial San Augustine offers quality and affordable health care close to home. This fully accredited medical facility is designated as the area's only certified critical care access hospital. Known for its exceptional patient care and hospitality, St. Luke's Health Memorial-San Augustine offers an experienced and talented staff of nurses and physicians who have access to modern medical technology.

St. Luke's Health-Memorial San Augustine has consistently earned the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services certification which demonstrates compliance with the highest standards of care. The staff of this 18-bed acute care hospital, located at 511 East Hospital Street, maintains its focus on quality care and delivering only the best to the community they call home.

In addition to emergency care, St. Luke's Health-Memorial San Augustine offers comprehensive diagnostic testing, including MRI, CT, and digital mammography, and telemedicine allows Lufkin radiologists to interpret tests sent electronically from San Augustine. Located on campus is a fully accredited dialysis center, which is owned and operated by Sankar Nephrology.

Responsibilities

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse II practices as a full partner on the multidisciplinary team. Independently plans, implements, and evaluates patient care and performs related duties as required. Assesses patient's needs for nursing care, assures continuity of care through appropriate discharge planning, patient education and coordination of services, and acts as a patient and family advocate. Demonstrates and models the full range of nursing professional practice in both patient care provided and in development of strategies to improve patient outcomes, satisfaction, and cost effectiveness at the unit level.

This patient population contains various levels of acuity requiring individualized care plans. This nursing team is highly skilled in delivering care and bringing compassion to the care plan. If you aspire to grow professionally and bring kindness to patients, you will enjoy being a member of this team!

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Associate's Degree inNursingor Diploma from an accreditednursingprogram

• CurrentRegisteredNurse(RN) license applicable to the State of Texas

• Basic Life Support (BLS)

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) or obtained within 90 days of hire date

• Minimum one (1) year ofRNexperience

PRN Requirements

• PRN employees must maintain minimum standard availability, in which to perform work as follows:

• Four (4) shifts per month

• Two (2) of the Four (4) shifts occurring on a Weekend

• One (1) Winter Holiday

• One (1) Summer Holiday"

Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.

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Pay Range

$32.00 - $46.25 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.