We at Harris Health System have several exciting opportunities for a Clinical Resource Nurse
II/Educator. The specialty areas are Med Surg/Oncology, PeriOperative/OR, Trauma Services and
Medicine. These opportunities requires a minimum of 5 years’ experience in the area of specialty.
Positions are located in Houston, Texas (Ben Taub Hospital).
The Clinical Resource Nurse II (CRN II) assesses, plans, develops, implements and evaluates
education activities, competency validation, clinical care, programs and initiatives for the
assigned department/units. The CRN II demonstrates expert clinical knowledge and skills and
effective teaching/education skills and supports system level nursing clinical and education
nursing initiatives.
The CRN II provides leadership within the department including: quality improvement activities;
supports effective human resources management; and supports resource accountability. The
CRN II exemplifies professionalism and promotes a customer-friendly environment by utilizing
ServiceFIRST behaviors in interactions with patients, families, and staff members.
The CRN II is responsible for facilitating an environment that cultivates exemplary patient care.
As a member of the nursing leadership team, the CRN II establishes a setting that supports
professional nursing practice and empowers nurses to provide safe, effective, compassionate
and efficient nursing care in collaboration with all health care disciplines. The CRN II facilitates
enculturation of the Harris Health System Nursing Professional Practice Model (NPPM), its
goals and achievement of targeted outcomes at the unit level. The CRN II supports compliance
with standards established by professional nursing organizations; national, state, and local
regulatory agencies and institutional policies and procedures. The CRN II holds high standards
of integrity and ethical behavior, mentors others, role models professionalism, and participates
in activities such as nursing organizations, nursing research, and the community.
ABOUT HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM:
Harris Health is a nationally recognized health system comprising three teaching hospitals and
an extensive network of ambulatory care centers serving the people of Harris County, Texas,
since 1966. Staffed by the faculty, fellows and residents from two nationally ranked medical
schools, Baylor College of Medicine and The University of Texas Health Science Center at
Houston (UTHealth), Harris Health is the first healthcare system in Houston to receive the
prestigious National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) designation for its network of
patient-centered medical homes.
Each year, Harris Health provides more than 1.8 million total outpatient visits through its more
than 40 ambulatory care facilities. Additionally, Harris Health sees more than 177,000
emergency visits at its Level 1 and Level 3 trauma centers and 35,000 hospital admissions
through its three hospitals: Ben Taub, LBJ and Quentin Mease.
Established by voter referendum to enhance the level of charity care available in the community,
Harris Health System has often received national recognition for serving those in need and for
its achievements in operational excellence, such as being named to the 2011, 2012, 2013 and
2014 Most Wired Hospitals lists by the American Hospital Association’s Hospitals & Health
Networks magazine.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Barbara Busby
Professional Recruiter
Ben Taub General Hospital
Harris Health System
Barbara.Busby@harrishealth.org
713.873.5106 office
harrishealth.org
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