Last year our HCA Healthcare colleagues invested over 156,000 hours volunteering in our communities. As a Food and Nutrition Assosicate with Texas Orthopedic Hospital you can be a part of an organization that is devoted to giving back!
Job Summary and Qualifications
The registered nurse is responsible for coordinating the nursing care of assigned patients in the Unit in order to provide quality patient care to patients in applicable age specific populations (see addendum). The RN applies knowledge of the principles of growth and development. Employee is responsible for knowledge and skill necessary to provide care based on physical, psychological, educational, safety and related criteria for the appropriate age populations. According to established facility policies and procedures, the registered nurse provides and supplies professional nursing care exercising independent judgment in utilizing the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate. The RN provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and other patient care team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the clinical setting. Actual duties and responsibilities may vary depending on assigned area.
What you will do in this role:
- Communicates effectively with patients, physicians, hospital personnel, and others to fulfill position responsibilities.
- Actively participates in hospital and departmental group meetings.
- Consistently responds to requests in a positive, professional, and timely manner.
- Consistently demonstrates behavior which reflects that working as a team is more important than self-interest.
- Demonstrates interpersonal competencies such as effective problem-solving, negotiation, and conflict management skills.
- Consistently maintains a professional level of conduct.
- Facilitates communication with patients, physicians, guests, and coworkers.
- Consistently demonstrates courteous and positive behaviors, e.g. smile, pleasant tone of voice, positive eye contact.
- Utilizes appropriate lines of accountability for the continuous improvement of quality.
- Ensures that problems/concerns regarding departmental activities are communicated with Charge Nurse, Unit Manager, and/or Director.
- Ensures that problems/concerns regarding activities in the hospital are communicated appropriately.
- Protects confidentiality of patients/coworkers, respecting their dignity, privacy, and differences.
- Shows respect for hospital property and the property of others.
- Communicates and collaborates with peers in Nursing as well as other disciplines and physicians.
- Facilitates the effective delivery of competent, compassionate care by assisting, in monitoring and evaluating the patient care process and outcomes.
What qualifications you will need:
- Food Handlers/Safety must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
No Travel Required
No experience Required Years of Experience
Benefits
Texas Orthopedic 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.
Opened in 1995, Texas Orthopedic Hospital was developed to provide high-quality, cost-effective, specialized orthopedic care in a streamlined environment focused on wellness, mobility and quick recovery. As one of the only specialty hospitals in the country focusing solely on orthopedics, Texas Orthopedic Hospital is pleased to offer all services conveniently located within one building. Texas Orthopedic Hospital is partially physician-owned and partners with Fondren Orthopedic Group, L.L.P., the largest and most comprehensive association of private orthopedic surgeons in the Houston area and one of the largest in the nation. Our physicians are internationally renowned and as a result, patients at Texas Orthopedic Hospital receive precise diagnoses and the very latest in treatment options. Texas Orthopedic Hospital is affiliated with HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare.
HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.
"There is so much good to do in the world and so many different ways to do it."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder
Be a part of an organization that invests in you! We are reviewing applications for our FNS Technician opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Submit your application and help us raise the bar in patient care!
We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
