Operating Room RN

Baylor Scott & White Health; Pflugerville (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

PTO from day 1

Job summary

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Pflugerville is seeking an Operating Room Registered Nurse to join a full-time, day-shift team. The OR RN coordinates perioperative care, conducts patient assessments, and develops individualized care plans, ensuring safe, efficient surgical experiences for patients and families.

Responsibilities include collaboration with surgeons, anesthesia, and staff, applying nursing processes, and adapting plans based on patient needs and institutional standards.

Qualifications

• RN licensed to practice in Texas (RN or LVN not specified; license required).
• Graduation from an accredited nursing program; 2 years experience preferred.
• BLS certification required; strong clinical skills in OR nursing.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care using the nursing process; develop, implement, and evaluate care plans.
• Assess patient needs, identify diagnoses, and monitor responses to treatment.
• Promote safe passage and minimize delays in the perioperative environment.
• Communicate with surgeons, anesthesiologists, and staff; ensure accurate handoffs.
• Utilize clinical judgment to modify care plans and participate in quality improvements.

Skills

Clinical Judgment

Clinical Inquiry

Caring Practices

Diversity Awareness

Advocacy and Moral Agency

Facilitation of Learning

Team Partnership

Systems Thinking

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Facility: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Pflugerville

Shift/Status: Full Time, 40 hrs/wk

Schedule: Day Shift (6:30 AM-3 PM), with call requirement. Call requirements include 6 shifts in a 6 week period, to include weekends.

Operating Room Department

Procedures: Robotics (DaVinci – abdominal, uro-gyn, gen surg, torso/pelvic), ortho (totals, hands, shoulders, knees, sports medicine), urology, some cardiology, podiatry, GYN, ENT, colo-rectal, ERCPs, endoscopies and cataracts.

# of Suites: Currently running 3 OR Suites and 2 Endoscopy Suites

About The Facility

Baylor Scott & White - Pflugerville is a full-service hospital, providing a wide network of medical expertise and resources. This facility has achieved Magnet recognition for its nursing professionalism, teamwork, and superiority in patient care. The American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Recognition Program® distinguishes organizations that meet rigorous standards for nursing excellence.

Baylor Scott & White - Pflugerville features a 25-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).

Baylor Scott & White – Pflugerville is currently under construction for an expansion. The improvements include a brand new heart catheterization lab for minimally invasive procedures, increased imaging options including nuclear medicine, added emergency and trauma services and improvements to operating room capabilities. As Baylor Scott and White Medical Center - Pflugerville is a new and growing medical center, the health system is continuously working to create new services to provide to members of this community.

About Us

Here at Baylor Scott & White Health we promote the well-being of all individuals, families, and communities. Baylor Scott and White is the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas that empowers you to live well.

Our Core Values Are

• We serve faithfully by doing what's right with a joyful heart.
• We never settle by constantly striving for better.
• We are in it together by supporting one another and those we serve.
• We make an impact by taking initiative and delivering exceptional experience.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to help you live well no matter where you are on your journey. For full details on coverage and eligibility, visit the Baylor Scott & White Benefits Hub to explore our offerings, which may include:

• 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.

Job Summary

The Operating Room (OR) Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional. The RN uses the BSWH nursing model to coordinate patient care. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient and identifies nursing diagnoses. The RN develops and implements an individualized care plan and evaluates the patient's response. The RN promotes safe passage for patients by using knowledge of patient needs. The RN helps patients transition through healthcare without preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, patient condition, and employee competencies.

Essential Functions Of The Role

• Clinical Judgment: Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate assessments according to standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements, and evaluates the nursing care plan. Modifies plan to meet outcomes.
• Clinical Inquiry: Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including nursing indicators. Helps evidence-based practice changes through research and learning. Participates in quality improvement initiatives.
• Caring Practices: Creates an attentive, helpful, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patients and families and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages fiery and physical pain to promote relief and healing and prevent unnecessary suffering.
• Response to Diversity: Recognizes and appreciates a patient's and family's unique differences. Incorporates culture, beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, status, age, and values into a care plan.
• Advocacy and Moral Agency: Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity, and rights of patients and families. Represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns.
• Facilitation of Learning: Facilitates learning for patients, families, nursing staff, health care team, and community. Integrates education throughout care to help them make informed health care recommendations. Includes health promotion and disease prevention. Assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes.
• Partnership: Works with colleagues and community to create and implement a care plan. Open and attentive to all team members' unique contributions. Delegates tasks to appropriate staff and ensures timely follow-up.
• Systems Thinking: Uses strategies and resources for problem-solving for patients, family, and staff. Recognizes limited resources and considers safety, effectiveness, and efficiency in planning and delivering patient care.

Key Success Factors

• Knowledge and expertise of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
• Know laws, rules, and regulations. Comprehend standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies. Follow hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies, and procedures for nursing care in the assigned area.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention and management. Know About medications, common dosages, 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.
• Social skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies.
• Must have critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Observe changes in patients' medical conditions and communicate them to nursing staff and physicians/providers.
• Provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care through the nursing process and standards. Respect the diversity of human experience. Develop, evaluate, implement, and modify patient care plans as needed.
• General computer skills include Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.

Belonging Statement

We believe that all people should feel welcomed, valued and supported.

Qualifications

• EDUCATION - Grad of an Accredited Program or 2 years of work experience above the minimum qualification
• 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.