Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda offers a range of outpatient services, including cardiology, dermatology, general surgery, orthopedics, podiatry and endocrinology, to name a few. Physicians at our medical clinic also treat common conditions, like asthma, diabetes, the flu, skin diseases and back pain.

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Now Hiring an OR RN Charge at Baylor Scott &amp; White Buda!

Shift: Full-time, Monday–Friday, 6:30 AM to 3:00 PM
Call Requirement: Yes, approximately 6–8 days per month, including one weekend and the major and minor holidays. These call expectations will be evenly distributed among the team.
 

JOB SUMMARY

The Operating Room (OR) Registered Nurse (RN) Charge is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. In the capacity of Charge Nurse, works in the best interests of BSWH and accepts increased responsibility to support and carry out BSWH's mission and goals. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee. The Charge Nurse holds nurses accountable for providing appropriate care including, where appropriate, taking disciplinary or other corrective action with support from the designated manager.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE

Clinical Judgment: Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical outcomes. Responsibly directs employees and, where appropriate, addresses their grievances and concerns and/or recommends and meaningfully participates in decisions on those matters.

Clinical Inquiry: Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators. Supports evidence-based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives. Words and actions are congruent and holds others accountable for the same.

Caring Practices: Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering.

Response to Diversity: Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a patient's and family's unique differences, such as culture, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan of care.

Advocacy and Moral Agency: Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patient and family and represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that accurately reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns.

Facilitation of Learning: Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and community; integrating appropriate education throughout the continuum of care to help them participate and/or make informed decisions about their health care and treatments, including health promotion and disease prevention. Assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes.

Collaboration: Works collaboratively and interdependently with colleagues and community to develop and implement an integrated plan of care. Open and sensitive to all team members' unique contributions. Delegates tasks and care to appropriate staff and ensures timely follow-up. Effectively implements changes in the department. Makes and modifies staffing assignments and clearly communicates thereof.

Systems Thinking: Uses strategies and available resources for problem-solving for patients, family and staff. Recognizes that resources are limited and considers factors related to safety, effectiveness and efficiency in planning and delivering patient care.

Professionalism: Improves nursing practice and the work environment through participating in shared governance and decision-making processes and meaningfully recognizing the contributions of others. Participates in the staffing process from education and planning to evaluation. Identifies personal goals and commits to ongoing professional growth through continuing education, networking with professional colleagues, membership and involvement in professional nursing organizations, self-study, professional reading, certification and seeking advanced degrees. Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues and others. Provides feedback on performance for staff growth and development and annual evaluation. Demonstrates commitment to community service.

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS

Knowledge and understanding of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.

Knowledge of laws, rules and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies and procedures governing the provision of nursing care applicable to the area of assignment.

Knowledge of medical terminology; principles and practices of health promotion, risk reduction, illness and disease prevention and management; medications and drugs, common dosages, their physical and physiological effects, and possible adverse reactions.

Knowledge of medical and professional nursing ethics and patient privacy rights.

Must be able to communicate thoughts clearly, both verbally and in writing.

Interpersonal skills to interact with a wide-range of constituencies.

Must have critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Ability to observe changes in the medical condition of patients and effectively communicate these changes to other nursing staff members and physicians/providers.

Ability to provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care to all patients through the nursing process and standards of nursing practice with sensitivity and respect for the diversity of human experience and to develop, evaluate, implement and, as necessary, modify a patient care plan to meet the needs of individual patients.

General computer skills, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.

BENEFITS

Our competitive benefits package includes the following
- Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
- 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
- Tuition Reimbursement
- PTO accrual beginning Day 1
Note: Benefits may vary based upon position type and/or level

 

QUALIFICATIONS

- EDUCATION - Grad of an Accredited Program

- MAJOR - Nursing

- EXPERIENCE - 2 Years of Experience

- CERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION -
       Registered Nurse (RN)

       Basic Life Support (BLS): BLS or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda Texas TX Baylor Scott & White Health Job ID #25018138.

Facility: Baylor Scott &amp; White Medical Center – Buda

Shift/Status: Full-time (3 x 12 hour shifts per week)

Schedule: Rotating (a mix of Days, Mids and Nights) 


Emergency Department

Patient Population: Pediatric, Adult, Geriatric – functioning as level IV trauma     

# of beds: 8 beds, 4 hall beds

Patient Ratios: 3:1


About the Facility


Baylor Scott &amp; White - Buda is a full-service hospital, providing a wide network of medical expertise and resources. This facility has received recognition for its nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Baylor Scott &amp; White - Buda features a 15-bed Main Nursing Unit which is a blended unit with three levels of acuity and operates from a multidisciplinary approach in providing the highest standards of nursing care to patients and families. The facility also offers 24/7 emergency services (an 8-bed Emergency Department) and surgical services (offering adult and pediatric surgeries).


Why Baylor Scott &amp; White Health 

 At Baylor Scott &amp; White Health, we empower each other to create healthier communities and deliver safe and high-quality care across the state of Texas. With more than 52 hospitals, 800 access points, a quality health plan and an award-winning research institute, you’ll enjoy endless opportunities to make your mark on the future of healthcare. At Baylor Scott and White Health, you’ll be joining a team that’s committed to better. Because better never settles. And neither should you.  

As the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott &amp; White Health has the resources to offer a variety of career opportunities to meet your personal and professional goals. 

The Baylor Scott &amp; White Health nursing team challenges each other to innovate, to constantly raise the bar and to never settle. Every day, our diverse group of team members bring unique talents, a passion for innovation and a deep Commitment to those we serve.   

Consider a career move to Baylor Scott &amp; White and join our exceptional nursing team committed to something better. 


Baylor Scott &amp; White Health Registered Nurses (RN) Enjoy 

·         Competitive pay including an RN (Registered Nurse) Bonus Program rewarding nurses for providing exceptional care and improving patient outcomes.

·         Excellent benefits including a generous 401(k) program with company match, vacation and paid time off (PTO), tuition assistance, immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits and wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy.  (Note: benefits may vary based on position type and/or level).

·         A strong shared governance model featuring unit-based councils that empower nurses and improve patient outcomes.

·         Access to more than 4,000 hours of online continuing education for professional development.

·         A strong system Nurse Practice Council that uses autonomy, authority and accountability in collaboration with transformational nursing leadership to drive nursing practice throughout Baylor Scott &amp; White Health.

·         A spirit of inquiry and innovation that promotes Evidence-based practice, research and innovations in nursing practice.

·         A healthy work environment and culture of safety using inter-professional collaboration and professional competencies to meet the needs of patients to provide safe passage and quality outcomes at every encounter.

Registered Nurse (RN) Requirements

·         Graduate of an Accredited Nursing Program

·         License/Certification

o   RN – Registered Nurse

o   BLS – Basic Life Support (required within 30 days of hire)

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda Texas TX Baylor Scott & White Health Job ID #25019732.

Facility: Baylor Scott &amp; White Medical Center – Buda

Shift/Status: Full-time, 3x12’s

Schedule: Night Shift (7pm – 7am)


Main Nursing Unit

Patient Population: Medical Surgical, Orthopedics, Intermediate Care, Critical Care 

# of beds: 15

Patient Ratios: Med Surg/Tele – 1:4/5, Progressive Care/Intermediate Care – 1:3, Intensive Care – 1:2



About the Facility


Baylor Scott &amp; White - Buda is a full-service hospital, providing a wide network of medical expertise and resources. This facility has received recognition for its nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care.

Baylor Scott &amp; White - Buda features a 15-bed Main Nursing Unit which is a blended unit with three levels of acuity and operates from a multidisciplinary approach in providing the highest standards of nursing care to patients and families. The facility also offers 24/7 emergency services (an 8-bed Emergency Department) and surgical services (offering adult and pediatric surgeries).

‘Because we are a smaller facility, it is essential that all staff work together to provide care to our patients. We are truly all in it together when providing care and have worked together to overcome challenges since we first opened our doors. Our culture is one of working together as a team and practicing transparency between all staff member to ensure there are no barriers to providing the best care possible to our patients and families.’ – Director of Nursing


Why Baylor Scott &amp; White Health 

 At Baylor Scott &amp; White Health, we empower each other to create healthier communities and deliver safe and high-quality care across the state of Texas. With more than 52 hospitals, 800 access points, a quality health plan and an award-winning research institute, you’ll enjoy endless opportunities to make your mark on the future of healthcare. At Baylor Scott and White Health, you’ll be joining a team that’s committed to better. Because better never settles. And neither should you.  

As the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States, Baylor Scott &amp; White Health has the resources to offer a variety of career opportunities to meet your personal and professional goals. 

The Baylor Scott &amp; White Health nursing team challenges each other to innovate, to constantly raise the bar and to never settle. Every day, our diverse group of team members bring unique talents, a passion for innovation and a deep Commitment to those we serve.   

Consider a career move to Baylor Scott &amp; White and join our exceptional nursing team committed to something better. 


Baylor Scott &amp; White Health Registered Nurses (RN) Enjoy 

·        Competitive pay including an RN (Registered Nurse) Bonus Program rewarding nurses for providing exceptional care and improving patient outcomes.

·        Attractive Relocation Assistance for full-time candidates.

·        Excellent benefits including a generous 401(k) program with company match, vacation and paid time off (PTO), tuition assistance, immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits and wellness programs to keep you and your family healthy.  (Note: benefits may vary based on position type and/or level).

·        A strong shared governance model featuring unit-based councils that empower nurses and improve patient outcomes.

·        Access to more than 4,000 hours of online continuing education for professional development.

·        A strong system Nurse Practice Council that uses autonomy, authority and accountability in collaboration with transformational nursing leadership to drive nursing practice throughout Baylor Scott &amp; White Health.

·        A spirit of inquiry and innovation that promotes Evidence-based practice, research and innovations in nursing practice.

·        A healthy work environment and culture of safety using inter-professional collaboration and professional competencies to meet the needs of patients to provide safe passage and quality outcomes at every encounter.

Registered Nurse (RN) Requirements

·        Graduate of an Accredited Nursing Program

·        License/Certification

o   RN – Registered Nurse

o   BLS – Basic Life Support (required within 30 days of hire)

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda Buda Texas TX Baylor Scott & White Health Job ID #25019625.

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Buda

About this facility

Details

1:15 Patient ratio

Open Staff Positions

Charge Nurse (RN) - OR - Operating Room

$35-55/hour

Registered Nurse (RN) - ED - Emergency Department

$35-55/hour

Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU - Intensive Care Unit

$35-55/hour

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