Operating Room RN - Cardiac Surgery (Full-Time Days | 3x12s)

Endovascular Therapies; Temple (TX); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

PTO from Day 1

Job summary

Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple, TX seeks an experienced Operating Room Registered Nurse specializing in cardiac surgery. This full-time role supports a high-acuity OR, collaborating with surgeons and anesthesia teams on complex procedures.

The position offers 3x12 shifts with days, opportunities for training and career growth, and a supportive team in a leading nonprofit health system renowned for advanced cardiac care.

Qualifications

• RN program graduate as a prerequisite for the role.
• Experience in operating room nursing, with focus on cardiac surgery.
• 1 year cardiac OR specialty experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support high-acuity OR environment, collaborating with surgeons and anesthesia teams on complex cardiac procedures.
• Care delivery using the nursing process to ensure patient safety and optimal outcomes.
• Use clinical judgment to develop and implement individualized care plans for cardiac patients.

Skills

Cardiac OR experience

OR nursing experience

Education

Grad of an Accredited RN Program

Nursing

Job description

Operating Room Nurse - Cardiac Specialty (Full-Time Days)

Temple, TX | Baylor Scott & White Medical Center

Join Baylor Scott & White Health, Texas' largest not-for-profit healthcare system, at a 630-bed Level I Trauma Center known for advanced cardiac and vascular care.

Schedule:

Full-Time | 3x12s | 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM

Role:

Seeking an experienced Operating Room Registered Nurse specializing in cardiac surgery. This position supports a high-acuity OR environment, working closely with surgeons and anesthesia teams on complex procedures.

Highlights:

• Cardiac-focused OR: Transplants, CABG, valve replacements, TAVR, AAA repairs, endovascular procedures
• 30+ OR suites, including hybrid rooms for advanced surgical care
• Collaborative, fast-paced team environment
• Opportunities for training, continuing education, and career growth

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 RN Program
• MAJOR - Nursing
• EXPERIENCE - 2 Years of OR Nurse Experience
• 1 Year of Cardiac OR Specialty experience required

CERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION

• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS): BLS or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer.