Heart and Lung Transplant ICU Registered Nurse

As the nationu2019s largest private employer of Registered Nurses, weu2019re honored by the trust of over 100,000 nurses and committed to supporting safe, high-quality care for which they can practice. Thatu2019s why more than 80% of our hospitals earn an A or B Leapfrog safety grade, rank in the top 5% nationally for patient outcomes through Health Grades, or are recognized as Magnet or Pathway to Excellence facilities. Join us Job Summary and Qualifications The Registered Nurse coordinates and delivers high quality, patient-centered care in accordance with the nature and specific requirements of the department, and consistent with the scope and standards of practice for the relevant state and specialty. In collaboration with medical providers and other members of the care team, the RN provides individualized, comprehensive, and compassionate care using established nursing models such as u201cAssess, Perform, Teach, and Manage.u201d The RN serves as an advocate for patients/families/caregivers and models a commitment to the organizationu2019s vision/mission/values to support an unparalleled patient experience and clinical outcomes that contribute to overall departmental performance. About the Unit: + In this combined two units of 57 beds, you will take care of patients with critical heart conditions. You will monitor patients who have recently had a cardiac emergency or undergone heart surgery, such as a transplant or bypass. + You will do everything from a STEMI to heart, kidney, & lung transplants. + We offer a comprehensive orientation process, with highly supportive and experienced staff that provide education within the specialty. + Our units are state-of-the-art equipped with the latest technologies in patient care. + Our team conducts multidisciplinary rounds with the interdisciplinary team in identifying safe and efficient critical management high acuity acute care. What you will do this in this role: + Apply nursing judgment through a thorough, systematic approach of applying the nursing process to include: + Assessment: Conducts comprehensive, timely, and ongoing focused physical, psycho- social and pain assessments; includes assessment of patient education needs. + Planning: Utilizes the assessment, identifies problems, makes nursing diagnoses, formulates goals, teaching plans and outcomes to create an individualized plan of care. Identifies individual patient goals, readiness to learn and incorporates family into the plan of care. + Implementation: Prioritizes and implements a competent, prioritized and efficient nursing plan of care. + Evaluation/Reassessment: Consistently conduct timely evaluation, anticipate and recognize changes in patient conditions, determines when reassessments are needed and adjusts the plan of care as necessary. Compare expected and achieved outcomes of nursing care utilizing the plan of care. + Collaborate with patient care team members on patient care plan; communicate timely and effectively with physicians and other members of the patient care team through verbal, written or electronic communication to coordinate and facilitate meeting patient needs. Incorporate consistent use of hand-off communication and SBAR communication methods. + Demonstrate critical thinking skills, scientific judgment, and organizational skills. Prioritize tasks and adjust priorities when necessary. Maintain an orderly, efficient and timely flow of patients. Recognize and report errors and unusual occurrences and analyze contributing factors. Initiates corrective action when appropriate. + Make accurate, complete and timely entries into the patient medical record addressing all steps of the nursing process. Actively communicates with members of the healthcare team, patient and patient family. + Maintain current nursing knowledge to assure a safe working environment. Demonstrate practical application of all policies and procedures relative to safety and the pillars of Methodist Excellence to include: Applicable quality core measures, infection prevention, fall prevention, medication administration safety, hourly rounding, and AIDET principles. What qualifications you will need: + Graduate of an accredited diploma, associates, or baccalaureate degree registered nursing program required + Minimum of six (6) months of clinical experience as a licensed Registered Nurse required + One (1) year of ICU/acute critical care experience or two to three (2-3) years in any acute specialty as a licensed Registered Nurse highly preferred + Current Registered Nurse License in the State of Texas or Multi-State Compact License required (Employees with RN Compact License are required to obtain Texas RN License within 90 days of hire date) + Current American Heart Association BLS Certification required Benefits Methodist Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include: + Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services + Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services + Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence + Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling + Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing + Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts Learn more about Employee Benefits ( _Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location._

Created: 2026-02-23