Huntsville Memorial Hospital

Nonprofit community hospital in Huntsville, Texas

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Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeHuntsville, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Graduate of a school of professional nursing.
One year of recent perioperative nursing experience is required.
Current Texas licensure as a Registered Nurse is required.
Basic Life Support certification is required within 30 days of employment and before independently administering patient care.
Frequent standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and reaching are required; occasional sitting, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, and twisting are required.
Visual and hearing acuity, including color vision, are required.
Reliable transportation and a means of communication for on-call demands are required.
The role may involve exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals or detergents, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, radiant energy, communicable diseases, and blood-borne pathogens.

Responsibilities

Use the nursing process to assess, plan, provide, document, and evaluate patient care.
Conduct ongoing and systematic data collection using physiological and psychological principles and experience; establish nursing diagnoses and predict outcomes.
Coordinate and analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses and establish patient goals based on nursing diagnoses.
Coordinate and plan nursing care with a multidisciplinary team, make appropriate clinical decisions, and collaborate with the healthcare team to develop plans of care and prescribe interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Deliver competent care appropriate to the needs of the patient and population served, and implement interventions identified in the plan of care.
Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and communicate effectively with physicians and other team members.
Provide patient and family teaching based on individual patient needs and plan ways to meet those needs.
Administer and reconcile medications appropriately.
Adhere to infection-prevention protocols.
Protect patient rights, including confidentiality, informed consent, and privacy.
Participate in interdisciplinary and ongoing evaluation of programs, process improvement, and patient-centered outcomes.
Meet mandatory and continuing education and competence-validation requirements; support department goals; serve as a preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff.
Maintain patient confidentiality and appropriately handle protected health information.
Participate in survey-readiness activities and ensure departmental compliance with regulatory standards.
Abide by the hospital's Legal Compliance Code of Conduct.
Maintain a safe work environment and report safety concerns appropriately.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
Interact with hospital staff, medical staff, patients, and visitors as part of the interdisciplinary care and service-delivery process.

Desired Qualifications

CNOR certification is preferred.

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Huntsville Memorial Hospital · Huntsville, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-20

Workplace: on_site

Department: Operating Room

Description

Under general supervision of the Director & the OR Clinical Coordinator, the Perioperative Staff RN uses the nursing process, collaborates with the physician and healthcare team in the delivery of care to patients who are preparing for, have had a surgical or other invasive procedure. Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient populations served, as well as the principles of growth and development as it relates to the different life cycles.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Every effort has been made to make this job description as complete as possible. However, it in no way states or implies that these are the only duties the incumbent will be required to perform. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or is a logical assignment to the position.

Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, provide, document and evaluate care.
Assessment: Conducts an ongoing and systematic collection of data, guided by the application of knowledge of physiological and psychological principles and experience, and uses the data to establish a nursing diagnosis and predict outcomes.
Nursing Diagnosis and Outcome Identification: Coordinates and analyzes the assessment data in determining diagnoses and establishes patient goals based on nursing diagnosis.
Coordinates and plans delivery of nursing care with a multidisciplinary team and administers appropriate clinical decisions in the delivery of patient care. Collaborates with the entire healthcare team to develop a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Delivers appropriate care to patients, at a competent level, according to the needs of the patient and population served. Implements the interventions identified in the Plan of Care.
Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of outcomes. Effectively communicates with physicians and other team members.
Provides patient/family teaching based on the needs of each patient and plans ways to meet those needs.
Administers and reconciles medications appropriately.
Adheres to infection prevention protocols.
Demonstrates an understanding of patient rights, including those pertaining to confidentiality, informed consent and privacy.
Demonstrates adaptability, problem solving and professional behavior at all times.
Participates in a systemic, interdisciplinary, and ongoing evaluation of programs, process improvement, and desired client-centered outcomes.
Promotes individual professional growth and development by meeting requirements for mandatory/continuing education, competence validation; supports department-based goals which contributed to the success of the organization; serves as preceptor, mentor and resource to less experienced staff.
Maintains patient confidentiality and appropriate handling of PHI.
Actively participates in survey readiness activities and assures that department is compliant with all regulatory standards.
Abides by the HMH Legal Compliance Code of Conduct.
Maintains a safe work environment and reports safety concerns appropriately.
Performs all other related duties as assigned.

LATITUDE, CONTACTS/INTERACTIONS

All positions of Huntsville Memorial Hospital are part of an interdisciplinary team, and as such, participate in the care and service delivery process through effective interaction with other team members. Primarily interacts with hospital staff, medical staff, patients, and visitors.

Requirements

Education: Graduate of a school of professional nursing.

Experience: One year of recent perioperative nursing experience required.

License/Certification: Current Texas licensure as a Registered Nurse required. Basic Life Support certification required within 30 days of employment, before patient care is administered independently. CNOR certification preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

Frequent: standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling & reaching.

Occasional: sitting, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, & twisting.

Visual and hearing acuity required; Color vision required for perceiving changes in patients’ skin color and colors of medicines and solutions. Work is mostly inside, with good ventilation and comfortable temperature. Must have reliable transportation and means of communication for on-call demands.

Possible exposure to: toxic/caustic chemicals or detergents, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, radiant energy, communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens.

Benefits

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
Paid Time Off
Short Term & Long Term Disability
Training & Development
Wellness Resources

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About the Company

Huntsville Memorial Hospital

Nonprofit community hospital in Huntsville, Texas

Huntsville Memorial Hospital is a nonprofit acute care community hospital serving Walker County and surrounding communities in Texas. Its Heart and Vascular Center treats patients in the early stages of a heart attack, and the hospital holds Primary Stroke Center designation. Hospital and outpatient services cover emergency care, surgery, rehabilitation and women's health, while its medical clinic is a teaching site for Sam Houston State University's family medicine residency. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Huntsville, Texas, the hospital operates through Huntsville Community Hospital, a partnership of Community Hospital Corporation and Walker County Hospital District.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Huntsville, TX
Founded: 1927

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