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Job Description
At our company, our mission starts with our people. Guided by our HEART values of Humility, Excellence, Accountability, Respect, and Trust, we strive to create a workplace where teammates feel valued, supported, and empowered to do their best work every day. You'll bring this mission to life by providing quality, age-appropriate nursing care through assessment, planning, implementation, coordination, education, and evaluation. This Registered Nurse (RN) role with the Outpatient Infectious Disease Clinic in Austin, TX provides family-centered care and supports patients and families in end-of-life situations.
As part of our commitment to maintaining a safe and healthy workplace, all successful candidates will be required to undergo respiratory fit testing in compliance with occupational health and safety standards.
Responsibilities
- Uses evidence-based assessments and interviewing techniques to collect patient, family, and population-specific health information
- Prioritizes assessment findings based on immediate and anticipated patient needs
- Develops and updates individualized care plans in partnership with patients, families, caregivers, and other health care professionals
- Implements evidence-based nursing interventions during clinical visits, telephone encounters, and electronic communications
- Coordinates care and delegates appropriate interventions based on team members’ competencies, applicable regulations, and organizational policies
- Educates patients, families, and caregivers about health management, preventive care, available services, and community resources
- Evaluates patient responses and progress toward expected outcomes and revises care plans as needed
- Documents assessments, care plans, interventions, education, and evaluation results in the patient health record
- Promotes positive patient experiences through compassionate communication, patient advocacy, and professional collaboration
- Maintains clinical competence through ongoing education and participates in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing required, or an accepted alternative education pathway listed below
- Associate degree or technical diploma in nursing with current enrollment in a BSN program and a signed agreement to obtain a BSN accepted as an alternative for new
- hires
- Current enrollment in a nursing bridge program leading to an MSN, with verified BSN equivalency or a signed agreement, accepted as an alternative
- Additional education pathways and grandfathered requirements apply to eligible internal transfers, existing employees, and rehires based on employment history
- 9 months of professional nursing experience required
- Registered Nurse license issued by the Texas Board of Nursing or through the Nursing Licensure Compact required
About Us
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.
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.
