Registered Nurse (RN)- Outpatient Specialty Care Clinic

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 Specialty Care Clinic in Sugarland 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

Strategically located throughout the greater Houston area, Texas Children's Specialty Care offer the same high-quality pediatric subspecialty care as our hospital – right in your neighborhood. Staffed by pediatric specialists from Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine, our teams are trained to care for the physical and emotional needs of children and adolescents. Working closely with a child's primary-care physician, our specialists diagnose health conditions and develop patient-specific treatment plans. Texas Children's Specialty Care locations use child-sized medical equipment in colorful, child-friendly atmospheres that cater to young patients' needs and interests.

To join our community of 15,000+ dedicated team members, visit texaschildrenspeople.org for career opportunities.

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.