Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse- AdventHealth Central Texas

Location Address: 2201 S Clear Creek Rd., Killeen, TX 76549

Top Reasons to Work At AdventHealth Central Texas, Killeen, TX

• Our care for patients extend to the spiritual level by praying with patients and families and providing on call, 24 hours, 7 days a week Chaplains for spiritual support.
• Award winning facility with opportunities to grow both professionally and personally working with great individuals, part of a bigger team that continues to build a world-class culture where you become family.
• Extraordinary benefits to include tuition reimbursement and on-campus classes.
• Cost of living is 20 percent lower than the national average
• Largest school district in the area, with more than 50 elementary, middle, high school, and specialized campuses to choose from
• Surrounded close to Ft. Hood, Copperas Cove, to Belton and Lampasas with plenty of restaurants, shopping and other family fun events.
• Miles of scenic trails and parks available for recreational activity

Work Hours/Shift:

PRN / Days

You Will Be Responsible For:

• Provides care that is consistent with the hospital accountabilities, Standards of Practice and in support of the Nursing Service and patient care goals.
• Delivers patient-centered nursing care using The Whole Care Experience principles to ensure high levels of patient satisfaction.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing physical, emotional and spiritual support to the patients and their families.
• Provides quality care by adhering to Standards of Practice, measuring health outcomes against patient centered goals.
• Utilizes multidisciplinary team strategies to achieve quality outcomes.
• Maintains a safe and clean work environment by complying with policies and procedures, calling for assistance from healthcare support personnel when needed.
• Protects patients and team members by adhering to infection control policies and protocols.
• Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting actions, irregularities and patients’ continuing needs.
• Administers and stores medications safely according to policy and procedures.
• Maintains patients’ confidence and protects their health information.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by effectively communicating information, responding to request, building rapport, participating in team problem-solving methods.
• Has knowledge of and understands current TJC Standards for the clinical aspect of the department.
• Advocates for the patients and promotes healthy teamwork with the multidisciplinary team.

What You Will Need:

• Registered Nurse License to practice in the state of Texas or a Compact Registered Nurse License from a NCLA Compact State.
• One year Acute or Specialized experience.
• BLS, ACLS & NRP

Job Summary:

The Registered Nurse – Float Pool Level 1 performs direct patient care activities that are developmental and age specific for the population served. The Registered Nurse performs a wide variety of job duties during their shifts; promotes and restores patients’ health by collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, completing the nursing process and the patients’ plans of care, providing emotional, physical and spiritual support to the patients and their families and supervising assigned team members. The Registered Nurse is under the supervision of the Nurse Manager and the assigned charge nurses. Actual roles and tasks may vary depending upon the unit or department assigned.