RN Senior Care Med/Surg FT Days

Job description

Your job is more than a job. Why Senior Care Med/Surg? Because this is more than checking boxes and completing tasks. This is about caring for people during some of their most vulnerable moments. It’s about noticing the small changes, listening to the stories, calming concerns, supporting families, advocating for what matters most, and helping patients maintain their dignity and independence. If you’re the kind of nurse who combines clinical excellence with compassion—and you’re ready for a role where your skills, heart, and ability to make a difference truly matter—we’d love to meet you. Up to $15,000 Salary Incentive As a Senior Care Med/Surg Registered Nurse, your passion for nursing, mental toughness, heart of gold, and yes your skills make you an invaluable part of our team. You thrive on the front lines of patient care and understand that caring for older adults often means building meaningful relationships, listening closely, advocating fiercely, and treating every patient with dignity and respect. You sweat the small stuff and bring your very best to every bedside, call light, hand hold, chart entry, medical need, team request, family concern and yes, even the proverbial Jello request. You appreciate the wide range of nursing skills Med/Surg demands and understand that there is truly never a dull moment. From managing complex medical conditions and monitoring changes in patient status to supporting mobility, preventing complications, educating families, and coordinating care across the continuum, every day brings a new opportunity to make a difference. And that’s exactly what we love about you. Your experience, clinical knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and that “little something extra” all add up to who you are. We’re excited to get to know you and discover what you’ll bring to this hands-on, fast-paced, and rewarding nursing role serving our senior patient population. Your Everyday 1. Take the lead. Prioritize, coordinate, and delegate all aspects of patient care while managing the unique and often complex needs of senior adult patients. 2. Collaborate. Work closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, therapists, case managers, pharmacists, and other multidisciplinary team members to deliver exceptional, patient-centered care. 3. Advocate for safety. Maintain and promote a safe environment for patients, families, visitors, and team members, with a strong focus on fall prevention, mobility, skin integrity, infection prevention, and other age-specific safety needs. 4. Stay connected. Monitor and engage with patients, families, and appropriate care team members regarding significant events, changes in patient condition, questions, concerns, and individualized care needs. 5. Protect and restore. Assess, prevent, and treat wounds while promoting skin integrity, mobility, comfort, and overall healing. 6. Champion quality and infection prevention. Monitor and execute Joint Commission, infection control, and environment of care requirements to support safe, high-quality patient care. 7. Keep care moving. Ensure continuity of care, efficient patient throughput, consistent communication, and an exceptional experience for every patient and family. 8. Speak up. Consult with leadership and appropriate team members when assignments or tasks cannot be completed promptly, effectively, or safely. 9. Educate and empower. Initiate patient and family education using appropriate resources and continuum-of-care services, helping patients and caregivers understand diagnoses, treatments, medications, discharge plans, and next steps. 10. Be the teammate everyone appreciates. Contribute to a supportive, collaborative environment by stepping in and assisting others—sometimes before they even have to ask. What You Bring Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Current Registered Nurse license in the applicable state. Current BLS certification. Strong assessment, critical thinking, communication, and clinical skills. A passion for caring for senior adults and supporting their unique healthcare needs. The ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining compassion, professionalism, and attention to detail. A commitment to teamwork, patient safety, quality care, and exceptional patient experiences. WORK SHIFT: Days (United States of America) LCMC Health is a community. Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little “come on in” attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health’s culture of everyday extraordinary Touro Touro, at the forefront of medical excellence within LCMC Health’s incredible community of care, has been regionally recognized for 165 years as one of New Orleans' most enduring healthcare monuments. It’s where babies come from and New Orleanians are cared for. Learn more about Touro and our Leapfrog “Grade A” Hospital Safety distinction Your extras Deliver healthcare with heart. Give people a reason to smile. Put a little love in your work. Be honest and real, but with compassion. Bring some lagniappe into everything you do. Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care. See opportunities, not problems – it’s all about perspective. Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other. Love what makes you, you - because we do You are welcome here. LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary. Simple things make the difference. 1. To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information. 2. To ensure quality care and service, we may use information on your application to verify your previous employment and background. 3. To keep our career applications up-to-date, applications are inactive after 6 months and, therefore, require a new application for employment to be completed. 4. To expedite the hiring process, proof of citizenship or immigration status will be required to verify your lawful right to work in the United States.