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**Eligible for $5,000 Sign-on Bonus & $10,000 Educational Assistance!**   As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

**Eligible for $5,000 Sign-on Bonus & $10,000 Educational Assistance!**     As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

**Eligible for $5,000 Sign-on Bonus & $10,000 Educational Assistance!**     As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

**Eligible for $5,000 Sign-on Bonus & $10,000 Educational Assistance!**  As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

**Eligible for New Hire $15K Sign-on Bonus & $10K Educational Assistance!**   As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits.   The Progressive Care unit is a 33 bed unit 26.  We are a designated stroke unit, but we care for all types of patients including Pulmonary, cardiac, renal, neurological and sepsis. At any given point in time about 80% of our patients are on telemetry. We provide big town care with a small town feel. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

**Eligible for New Hire $2,500 Sign-on Bonus & $10,000 Educational Assistance!**  As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

**Eligible for New Hire $2,500 Sign-on Bonus & $10,000 Educational Assistance!**   As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

**Eligible for New Hire $2,500 Sign-on Bonus & $10,000 Educational Assistance!**   As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

1.     TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES Performs treatments and patient care procedures. Performs or assists ADLs according to Patient Plan of Care. Performs or assists in procedures/treatments according to Nursing Policy and Procedure Manual. Determines need for and properly implements safety measures for patients in a timely manner. Responds to patient call lights and emergency lights in a timely manner. Prepares patient for meals and snacks.  Offers assistance as needed. Maintains a safe environment: follows OSHA requirements including Universal Precautions.     2.     DOCUMENTING CARE Documents care provided according to hospital policy. Documents ADLs, vital signs, and I&Os according to the plan of care. Documents meals and snacks according to hospital policy. As assigned, documents refrigerator/freezer temperature. Participates as assigned in CQI activities.   3.     COMMUNICATION Expresses appropriate communication to patient, families, and other customers. Identifies self to others in a professional manner. Adheres to dress code and maintains a professional image with the ID badge clearly displayed. Offers assistance and provides directions to customers keeping a positive and courteous tone. Determines need for and properly implements safety measures for patients in a timely manner. Maintains a safe environment: follows OSHA requirements including Universal Precautions. Notifies the RN of abnormal vital signs, I&Os, and changes in the patient condition. Communicates effectively with team members.   4.     PROVIDING CARE Provides care according to developmental age. Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary for the patient/customer appropriate to neonate, child, adolescent, adult, and/or older adult.   5.     FLEXIBILITY Demonstrates flexibility in accomplishing work tasks. Adheres to time and attendance policy. Available and accessible when on duty. Leaves for and returns from inservices, meals, and breaks as scheduled. Accepts changes in staffing and patient assignments.   6.     EMERGENCY PROCEDURES/ENVIRONMENT OF CARE Assists during emergency situations according to nursing and hospital policy.  Maintains a safe workplace environment. Functions appropriately in emergencies according to assigned responsibilities and hospital policy. Provides safety boundaries for patient at risk for violence.  

**Eligible for New Hire $15K Sign-on Bonus & $10K Educational Assistance!**   Medical-Surgical / Pediatrics is a 14 bed unit that provides care to general med-surg adult patients and pediatric care for ages 17 and under.   As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

1.     TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES Performs treatments and patient care procedures. Performs or assists ADLs according to Patient Plan of Care. Performs or assists in procedures/treatments according to Nursing Policy and Procedure Manual. Determines need for and properly implements safety measures for patients in a timely manner. Responds to patient call lights and emergency lights in a timely manner. Prepares patient for meals and snacks.  Offers assistance as needed. Maintains a safe environment: follows OSHA requirements including Universal Precautions.     2.     DOCUMENTING CARE Documents care provided according to hospital policy. Documents ADLs, vital signs, and I&Os according to the plan of care. Documents meals and snacks according to hospital policy. As assigned, documents refrigerator/freezer temperature. Participates as assigned in CQI activities.   3.     COMMUNICATION Expresses appropriate communication to patient, families, and other customers. Identifies self to others in a professional manner. Adheres to dress code and maintains a professional image with the ID badge clearly displayed. Offers assistance and provides directions to customers keeping a positive and courteous tone. Determines need for and properly implements safety measures for patients in a timely manner. Maintains a safe environment: follows OSHA requirements including Universal Precautions. Notifies the RN of abnormal vital signs, I&Os, and changes in the patient condition. Communicates effectively with team members.   4.     PROVIDING CARE Provides care according to developmental age. Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary for the patient/customer appropriate to neonate, child, adolescent, adult, and/or older adult.   5.     FLEXIBILITY Demonstrates flexibility in accomplishing work tasks. Adheres to time and attendance policy. Available and accessible when on duty. Leaves for and returns from inservices, meals, and breaks as scheduled. Accepts changes in staffing and patient assignments.   6.     EMERGENCY PROCEDURES/ENVIRONMENT OF CARE Assists during emergency situations according to nursing and hospital policy.  Maintains a safe workplace environment. Functions appropriately in emergencies according to assigned responsibilities and hospital policy. Provides safety boundaries for patient at risk for violence.

1.     TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES Performs treatments and patient care procedures. Performs or assists ADLs according to Patient Plan of Care. Performs or assists in procedures/treatments according to Nursing Policy and Procedure Manual. Determines need for and properly implements safety measures for patients in a timely manner. Responds to patient call lights and emergency lights in a timely manner. Prepares patient for meals and snacks.  Offers assistance as needed. Maintains a safe environment: follows OSHA requirements including Universal Precautions.     2.     DOCUMENTING CARE Documents care provided according to hospital policy. Documents ADLs, vital signs, and I&Os according to the plan of care. Documents meals and snacks according to hospital policy. As assigned, documents refrigerator/freezer temperature. Participates as assigned in CQI activities.   3.     COMMUNICATION Expresses appropriate communication to patient, families, and other customers. Identifies self to others in a professional manner. Adheres to dress code and maintains a professional image with the ID badge clearly displayed. Offers assistance and provides directions to customers keeping a positive and courteous tone. Determines need for and properly implements safety measures for patients in a timely manner. Maintains a safe environment: follows OSHA requirements including Universal Precautions. Notifies the RN of abnormal vital signs, I&Os, and changes in the patient condition. Communicates effectively with team members.   4.     PROVIDING CARE Provides care according to developmental age. Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary for the patient/customer appropriate to neonate, child, adolescent, adult, and/or older adult.   5.     FLEXIBILITY Demonstrates flexibility in accomplishing work tasks. Adheres to time and attendance policy. Available and accessible when on duty. Leaves for and returns from inservices, meals, and breaks as scheduled. Accepts changes in staffing and patient assignments.   6.     EMERGENCY PROCEDURES/ENVIRONMENT OF CARE Assists during emergency situations according to nursing and hospital policy.  Maintains a safe workplace environment. Functions appropriately in emergencies according to assigned responsibilities and hospital policy. Provides safety boundaries for patient at risk for violence.

Your time at work should be fulfilling. Rewarding. Inspiring. That’s what you’ll find when you join one of our non-profit CHI facilities across the nation. You’ll find challenging, rewarding work every day alongside people who have as much compassion as you. Join us and together we’ll create healthier, stronger communities. Imagine your career at Catholic Health Initiatives!   Job Responsibilities As a Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering the highest quality patient care according to the specific orders of each patient’s individual physician. This will involve, utilizing your knowledge and skills to educate patients and their families on prevention and healthy habits. Additional responsibilities for this health care role include: - Monitoring patients’ conditions and assessing their needs - Collaborating with physicians and nurses to devise individualized care plans for patients - Administering patients’ medications and providing treatments according to physicians’ orders - Fostering a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families

1.     TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES Performs treatments and patient care procedures. Performs or assists ADLs according to Patient Plan of Care. Performs or assists in procedures/treatments according to Nursing Policy and Procedure Manual. Determines need for and properly implements safety measures for patients in a timely manner. Responds to patient call lights and emergency lights in a timely manner. Prepares patient for meals and snacks.  Offers assistance as needed. Maintains a safe environment: follows OSHA requirements including Universal Precautions.     2.     DOCUMENTING CARE Documents care provided according to hospital policy. Documents ADLs, vital signs, and I&Os according to the plan of care. Documents meals and snacks according to hospital policy. As assigned, documents refrigerator/freezer temperature. Participates as assigned in CQI activities. 3.     COMMUNICATION Expresses appropriate communication to patient, families, and other customers. Identifies self to others in a professional manner. Adheres to dress code and maintains a professional image with the ID badge clearly displayed. Offers assistance and provides directions to customers keeping a positive and courteous tone. Determines need for and properly implements safety measures for patients in a timely manner. Maintains a safe environment: follows OSHA requirements including Universal Precautions. Notifies the RN of abnormal vital signs, I&Os, and changes in the patient condition. Communicates effectively with team members.   4.     PROVIDING CARE Provides care according to developmental age. Demonstrates skills and knowledge necessary for the patient/customer appropriate to neonate, child, adolescent, adult, and/or older adult.   5.     FLEXIBILITY Demonstrates flexibility in accomplishing work tasks. Adheres to time and attendance policy. Available and accessible when on duty. Leaves for and returns from inservices, meals, and breaks as scheduled. Accepts changes in staffing and patient assignments.   6.     EMERGENCY PROCEDURES/ENVIRONMENT OF CARE Assists during emergency situations according to nursing and hospital policy.  Maintains a safe workplace environment. Functions appropriately in emergencies according to assigned responsibilities and hospital policy. Provides safety boundaries for patient at risk for violence.

  Under the direction of a registered nurse and/or a licensed mental health practitioner promotes and maintains socialization, self-advocacy, development of natural supports, and maintenance of community living skills for the individuals served.  Is an individual who has a mental illness and is able to role model healthy recovery, growth, and inspires to instill hope.   Responsibilities  - The Peer Specialist must have experience in coping and success in life despite having a mental illness. - Help individuals in setting and achieving their own needs, wants, and goals.  - Maintain high standards of personal conduct.  Teach and role model the value of every individual’s recovery experience.  Conduct self in a manner that fosters own recovery.  Share with consumers and colleagues personal recovery stories from mental illness, and will likewise be able to identify and describe the supports that promote recovery. - At all times will respect the confidentiality, rights and dignity of the individuals served. - Serve as an advocate for patients through supporting recovery based services, assisting individuals in making their own decisions in all matters when dealing with other professionals, and in developing empowerment skills through self-advocacy and stigma-busting and sharing materials with others. - Advocate for the full integration of individuals in the communities of their choice and promote the inherent value of these individuals to those communities – guided by the principle that individuals have the right to live in the least restrictive and lease intrusive environment. - Maintain a working knowledge of current treatment and development in the mental health field – specifically related to recovery – through studies and approved continuing education workshops or trainings. 

GENERAL SUMMARY: The Performance Excellance Coach serves as an internal consultant to management, staff, and providers in the areas of process improvement, organizational development, change management, performance monitoring, and statistical analysis. They will provide expertise in successfully applying process improvement methodologies such as Lean, Six Sigma, Workout, PDSA/PDCA, Change Acceleration Process, etc and serves as a project facilitator/manager and technical resource for teams working on major, complex performance improvement efforts. Creates and uses standard performance improvement tools and training to continually educate management, staff and providers in performance improvement. Focuses on better healthcare value and quality, including the improvement of clinical outcomes, patient experience, safety, costs, revenue, productivity, efficiency, employee and provider satisfaction, and process reliability   ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: - Serves as a project facilitator/manager and technical resource for teams working on major, complex performance improvement efforts, focusing on better healthcare value and quality, to include the improvement of clinical outcomes, patient experience, safety, costs, revenue, productivity, efficiency, employee and provider satisfaction, and process reliability. - Serves as a technical advisor and internal consultant to management, staff, and provider s on the use of performance improvement tools and techniques, analytical techniques, and statistical applications. - Assists in the establishment of operational performance measurements and the monitoring of trends in key performance indicators to evaluate efficiency, effectiveness, cost, etc., using available information systems data. Uses data from appropriate external sources, including comparative databases. - Applies appropriate change management methods to promote implementation of change. Facilitates organizational change by helping to prepare personnel to accept and actively participate in new changes, through communication, coaching, and educational workshops. - Analyzes assigned areas of operations for potential improvement opportunities and makes applicable recommendations in conjunction with management, staff and providers for process, system, procedure, and operational changes to improve healthcare value and quality. - Provide project status updates, feedback, and appropriate reporting on assigned projects through preparation and delivery of presentations and other project tracking systems. - Works with Performance Excellence staff and others to maximize potential improvement efforts and understanding of opportunities across the organization, as well as to identify, share, and leverage best practices with organizational stakeholders. - Provides direction, coordination, mentoring, and coaching of performance improvement staff as assigned by director. - Provide training and mentoring to leaders and staff on performance improvement methods and tools

The Senior Performance Excellence Consultant within the CHI Texas Division is a hospital based, or divisional, resource that manages process improvement efforts for their organization using structured Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. This position works with department and the hospital leadership to identify opportunities, prioritize strategic improvements, facilitate and manage multidisciplinary teams and provide coaching to Green Belts and other Lean Practitioners to ensure structured problem solving is applied and monitoring is put in place for sustainable improvements. Responsible for making sure all departments in their organization are properly following the Lean Management System deployed by the CHI Texas Division.   1. Provide coaching to local improvement leaders, physicians, and staff in the application of standardized methodologies in Lean and other improvement methodologies (Examples include: Lean Six Sigma DMAIC, GE Cap and Workout, Toyota Kata, Kaizen). 2. Assist with managing the hospital based repository for Lean and Six Sigma based learning and best practices, as they pertain to growth and training of staff in the areas of Lean Six Sigma, Toyota Kata and Lean Management Systems: a. Teach to the DMAIC structure of Lean Six Sigma, b. Teach the core tools of lean as learned through the KATA and TWI rollout, c. Timely use of Kaizen/Rapid Improvement and Work Out methodologies to help fast track improvements when necessary. d. Use of Change Management tools to ensure staff are prepared for change. e. Share playbooks, best practices, lessons learned, and case studies built within the divisional Performance Excellence Team. 3. Coach leaders throughout their Lean Management work, including those at the Tier 1 (department level), Tier II (director and mid-management level) and Tier III (executive level). 4. Provide guidance to hospital leaders by facilitating the identification of improvement opportunities, setting priorities, communicating the annual “True North” initiatives, and ensuring all departments perform and track improvement work their staff will complete to impact the organization’s priority goals. 5. Facilitate and co-manage the Alignment Steering Committee for the hospital, made up of local executive, middle management and front line staff to address and drive performance improvement projects. 6. Lead hi-leverage process improvement projects within the context of the organization’s improvement plan as recognized by both locally identified initiatives and divisional priorities. 7. Review and analyze detailed labor, labor productivity and other operational performance data on a regular basis, identifying areas of needed improvement and prioritizing those areas for assistance. 8. Develop and implement tools that can be used by hospital leaders to improve processes and monitor results. 9. Facilitate the development of action plans and implementation schedules for performance improvement initiatives and recommendations. Assist with the implementation of plans and recommendations when appropriate. 10. Establish project scope and timeline with appropriate stakeholders and manage projects to achieve intended objectives while anticipating and communicating deviations from the project timeline. 11. Develop and maintain project documentation to include project proposals, charter, scope document, test scenarios, project schedule and test plans, etc. Prepare project status and reports as needed. 12. Apply project management techniques to include modeling, evaluating, selecting and implementing appropriate solutions that lead to successful project outcomes, using project tools such as external benchmarking, scorecard analysis, workload measurement, performance improvement theory, cost-benefit analysis, knowledge sharing, coaching and mentoring. 13. Additional duties as assigned.

Position Responsibilities: - Appropriately assess patient profile and manage Cardio Pulmonary Bypass (CPB)     - Use appropriate equipment/supplies and monitor data based on patient profile (age, condition, procedure) - Appropriately communicate with open-heart team personnel during procedures     - Recognize and resolve variances and abnormal situations that may arise 

Position Responsibilities: - Appropriately assess patient profile and manage Cardio Pulmonary Bypass (CPB)   - Use appropriate equipment/supplies and monitor data based on patient profile (age, condition, procedure) - Appropriately communicate with open-heart team personnel during procedures   - Recognize and resolve variances and abnormal situations that may arise   - Utilize all available safety devices during cardiopulmonary bypass as per departmental policy   - Demonstrate appropriate clinical vigilance and awareness before, during and after cardiopulmonary bypass