Job Description
**Description**
** _Summary:_**
Responsible for patient assessment, patient care planning, and provision of
quality nursing care to an assigned group of patients for a defined work
period. Provides direction and supervision to LVNLPNs, nursing assistants,
unit secretaries and other clinicalclerical associates. By assignment, may
function as charge nurse for the unit. Involves provision of patient
careservice to older adolescent, young adult, adult, geriatric and pediatric
patients.
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Medical Center (CSRH-MC), located in the South
Texas Medical Center, provides a high-level of care through compassionate
hands, experience physicians, and advanced technology, including the da Vinci
Surgical Robot System and the Mako™ Robotic-Arm Assisted System. Services at
the 178- bed facility include Acute Care of the Elderly Unit, cardiology,
diabetes care, emergency care, general surgery, kidney transplantation at the
CHRISTUS Transplant Institute, orthopedics, outpatient rehabilitation and
aquatic therapy, Senior Behavioral Health Center, urology, and the Wound Care
and Hyperbaric Center.
**_Requirements:_**
**EducationSkills**
* Associates Degree in Nursing
**Experience**
* One year experience in nursing preferred.
**Licenses, Registrations, or Certifications**
* Current Texas State RN License or Compact RN License
* BLS (American Heart Association)
* ACLS required at time of hire for experienced RNs. New graduate nurses must obtain ACLS by the end of the clinical orientation period.
* PALS required at time of hire for experienced RNs. New graduate nurses must obtain PALS by the end of the clinical orientation period.
* Crisis intervention training required within 12 months of hiretransfer date
* For trauma designated facilities, TNCC required within 6 weeks of hire for experienced RNs. New graduate nurses must obtain TNCC within 18 months of hiretransfer date.
**_Work Type:_**
Full Time
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