Registered Nurse Float PIII - Nursing Float Pool
Company: CHRISTUS Health
Location: Tyler
Posted on: February 27, 2026
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Job Description:
DescriptionSummary: The competent Nurse, in the Emergency and
other clinical setting, practices independently and demonstrates an
awareness of all relevant aspects of a situation. Provides routine
and complex care, in accordance with patient treatment plans.
Continues to develop the ability to cope with and manage
contingencies of clinical nursing. Makes appropriate assignments
and delegates to other care providers as a means to help manage the
clinical situation. Responsibilities: Meets expectations of the
applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of
Others, or Leader of Leaders.Meets expectations for flexibility of
assignment within the ministry.Proactively provide assignment
availability on a regular basis.Able to be assigned to more than
one unit.Consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice,
provides nursing care utilizing the nursing process, including
assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation for
assigned patients.Addresses increasingly complex psychological,
emotional, cultural, and social needs of patient and families in
accordance with their level of practice.Using the appropriate
protocol, administers medications and treatments; monitors for
side-effects and effectiveness of the treatment
prescribed.Documents patient history, symptoms, medication, and
care given.Assess learning needs and provides education to
patients, family members and/or care givers; identify issues and
resources. CORE COMPETENCIES Standard I: Utilizes the Nursing
Process Uses critical thinking skills to assess the basic physical,
psychosocial, social, cultural, spiritual, and development needs of
patient and families.Communicates findings to appropriate
healthcare team members.Develops and uses a specific plan of care
and modifies it to meet individual patient needs using
evidence-based practice.Implements patient care and therapeutic
procedures; monitors and documents progression of treatment and
teaching goals.Evaluates the care and treatment(s) provided to the
patient and the patient response to the care and
treatment(s).Performs timely reassessment and documentation.Must be
able to perform unit-specific competencies based on the specific
patient care need for the designated unit's patient population.
Standard II. Patient Throughput & Patient Flow Process Anticipates
and plans for admission/discharge/transfer needs to facilitate
patient flow.Utilizes appropriate systems of communication and
tools to facilitate the discharge process.Coaches on tools and
techniques for checking, cross checking and validating orders to
ensure accuracy. Standard III. Unit Operations Plans, directs, and
evaluates the overall nursing care and functions in a particular
nursing unit during an assigned shift.Demonstrates good stewardship
in proper use and maintenance of equipment and Supplies.Assesses
departmental staffing needs; actively participates in resourcing
efforts.Educates and trains others on the operations, ethics, and
regulations within the industry. Standard IV. Safe Practice/Quality
Care/Regulations Incorporates patient safety practices/guidelines
to promote a safe environment resulting in positive patient
outcomes.Demonstrates accountability for nursing research and
quality improvement activities.Provides evidence-based nursing
care.Communicates patient information effectively across the
continuum of care.Educates and trains others on the operations,
ethics, and regulations within the industry.Knowledge of federal,
state and local healthcare-related laws and regulations; ability to
comply with these in healthcare practices and activities. TECHNICAL
COMPETENCIES Clinical Policies and Standards Follows a specific set
of standards and associated clinical procedures.Analyzes policy and
standards documentation and ensures organizational
compliance.Provides feedback for improvement of procedures.Assists
in the development and implementation of specific procedures.Works
with control and monitoring mechanisms, tools and techniques.
Health Information Documentation Shares experiences with
maintaining paper and electronic patient documentation.Walk through
the steps and procedures for receiving, validating and updating
patient records.Describes the flow of information between various
stations or units.Discusses the functions, features and document
flow of electronic documentation.Transcribes verbal orders;
explains techniques for ensuring their accuracy.Explains health
information documentation best practices and their rationale across
health care practices. Medical Equipment Describes experience with
basic medical equipment used in own unit or facility.Uses standard
diagnostic tools and techniques to resolves common equipment
problems.Educates patients about the appropriate use of home
medical equipment.Ensures that all equipment and related supplies
are in proper working order prior to use to ensure patient
safety.Inspects, troubleshoots and evaluates incoming equipment.
Medical Order Processing Shares experiences with processing medical
orders for one or more groups of patients or conditions.Describes
functions and features of the system used to enter, validate,
update and forward medical orders.Discusses common errors, their
sources and procedures for correcting.Explains considerations for
entering and following standing orders.Differentiates between
standing orders and preprinted orders and considerations for each.
Patient Chart Reading and Interpretation Describes experiences in
reading and interpreting patient charts for patients on unit and
under own care.Reviews patients’ charts for completion and
accuracy; identifies and alerts to mistakes or omissions.Recognizes
unexpected readings and alerts nursing or medical staff.Relates
examples of mis-readings or misinterpretations and lessons
learned.Reviews, discusses and validates own interpretation with
others. Patient Safety Shares experiences with ensuring safety for
one or more patient groups or settings.Explains key features of
safety guidelines and procedures for those groups and
settings.Listens and responds to safety inquiries from patients and
family members.Recognizes and addresses physiological and
psychological signs of problems.Describes considerations for
patients who can cause to harm to self, versus harm to
others.Utilizes appropriate systems to document misses and near
misses, participates in immediate investigating, analysis and
reporting in real-time. Job Requirements: Education/Skills Bachelor
of Science Degree in Nursing, preferred Experience Minimum of 2
years of combined experience required in both the Emergency
Department and one other specialty (e.g. Medsurg, Telemetry, IMC or
Critical Care)5 years of experience preferred Licenses,
Registrations, or Certifications BLS requiredACLS requiredTNCC
requiredPALS required within 30 days of hireRN License in the state
of employment or compact required Work Schedule: MULTIPLE SHIFTS
AVAILABLE Work Type: Full Time
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