Registered Nurse (RN) - Med Surg
CHI Saint Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin
Lufkin, TX

Medical Surgical Nurse

Overview $20,000 SIGN ON BONUS for FULL TIME positions for RN candidates with over 1 year of experience. This is paid out in one lump sum in the paycheck after you've been employed by us for 30 days (contingent on meeting the requirements.) Overview St. Luke's Health - Memorial paves the way for quality innovative health care in East Texas and provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year. With hospitals in Lufkin, Livingston, and San Augustine St. Luke's Health - Memorial provides millions of dollars in charity care and community support each year. CHI St. Luke's Health Memorial Lufkin is a 271 bed non-profit facility providing quality health care to patients and communities in and around Lufkin, TX. We are part of CommonSpirit Health which operates 139 hospitals and more than 1,000 care sites across 21 states, making our services accessible to nearly 1 in 4 U.S. residents. If you are committed to social justice, health equity, and prepared to deliver care in new, innovative ways, you belong with us. While you're busy impacting the healthcare industry, we'll take care of you with benefits that include health/dental/vision, FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, adoption assistance, and more! Responsibilities * Utilizes the nursing process to ensure appropriate patient care is provided in a cost effective, quality driven, and patient focused manner. * Performs as ongoing assessment, formulates nursing diagnosis and goals, plans appropriate interventions, and evaluates the outcome of the interventions. * Consistently documents in the patient and unit records according to written health system standards of care in order to meet legal and quality patient care requirements. * Provides appropriate teaching and information to patients and families including information on Pain Management, Nutrition, Skin Integrity, Fall prevention, Diabetes, Disease Process, Smoking Cessation, and Discharge instructions. * Demonstrates commitment to the goals and values of the patient, Hospital, community and nursing profession through cost containment measures, maintaining confidentiality, appropriate ethical decision -making, and ensuring patient safety. * Uses interventions substantiated by research as appropriate in the patient population, participates in research activities, identifies opportunities for research, and collaborates with the Outcomes managers and department. * Participates in quality of care activities, evaluates the quality and the effectiveness of nursing practice. * Assists in collecting quality data, analyzes the data, and formulates action plans to improve quality care. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: Education Level * Associates Degree in Nursing * Bachelors in Nursing - Preferred Licensure/Certification * Texas Registered Nurse License * BLS Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities * Effective Communication * Knowledge of the principles and skills needed for practical nursing to provide patient care and treatment. * Critical thinking skills * Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills both written and verbal * Basic Computer skills - familiarity with Windows based software programs * Experience * Does not require prior experience 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. #missioncritical #LI-CHI