About the Role
Maintain shift accountability for clinical and personnel activities and provide support to the Director I. Participate in the delivery of high quality, family-centered, and developmentally appropriate patient care at the unit level.
Responsibilities
- Maintain clinical competency by ensuring that the physiologic, psychosocial, and developmental needs of the patient are met within a family-centered care environment.
- Monitor and facilitate patient throughput to ensure the delivery of safe quality and efficient care.
- Coordinate and collaborate with patient care needs with appropriate members of the healthcare team to achieve desired clinical outcomes and management of care across the continuum.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills with the health care team and work to eliminate communication barriers.
- Serve as a liaison between physicians, families, nursing staff, and ancillary departments.
- Observe, identify, and address human resources issues for assigned staff.
- Coach, counsel, and develop nursing staff to ensure the delivery of high-quality patient care.
- Monitor productivity and assure that staffing and resources are aligned with patient care needs.
- Support the implementation of unit goals and communication of the organization’s strategic plan to staff.
- Participate in unit-based quality initiatives for the purpose of developing and monitoring clinical outcomes that demonstrate nursing excellence.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree Nursing (BSN) required
- RN - Lic-Registered Nurses by the Texas Board of Nursing or Nurse Licensure Compact required
- BLS - Cert-Basic Life Support by the American Heart Association required
- Certification in specialty-specific area or nursing leadership, with completion of certification within 1 year of assuming the role preferred
- 2 years Nursing experience required (ICU)
- Radiology, Interventional Radiology or Cath Lab nursing experience preferred
- Successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2 years Nursing experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree Nursing (BSN)
About the Company
- Texas Children’s presence in Austin helps support a pediatric population of more than half a million and keeps kids healthy and happy from birth to adulthood.
- Texas Children’s first health care location in Austin, Texas Children’s Urgent Care West Gate, opened in March 2018, providing high quality pediatric-focused care after hours and on weekends.
- There are now more than 15 Texas Children’s Pediatric primary care practices in the greater Austin area providing full-service family care including routine childhood immunizations, well visits, and sick care.
- Our Specialty Care Center in Austin includes a multidisciplinary group of pediatric specialists committed to providing comprehensive care across a wide spectrum of services.
- Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, is our new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin families.
- To join our community of more than 15,000 dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org.
Equal Opportunity
- Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
