OR RN Urology

Baylor Scott & White Health; Highland Park (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits

401(k) savings plan with match

Tuition Reimbursement

PTO accrual from Day 1

Job summary

Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking an Operating Room Registered Nurse (RN) for their Highland Park location. The RN will coordinate patient care using the BSWH nursing model and perform tasks in the Operating Room, including the development of care plans tailored to patient needs.

This position demands a BSN, 1 year of OR experience, and proficiency with Da Vinci xi robotics. Candidates must demonstrate strong clinical judgment and communication skills along with a dedication to patient safety and care.

Qualifications

• 1 year of Operating Room experience is required.
• Familiarity with Da Vinci xi robotics is mandatory.
• Must exhibit strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient care using the BSWH nursing model.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans.
• Promote safety and assist patients during healthcare transitions.

Skills

Clinical Judgment

Caring Practices

Communication Skills

Critical Thinking

Education

BSN

Tools

Da Vinci xi robotics

Microsoft Office

Job description

Posting Information

• Baylor University Medical Center- Dallas
• Department: Surgery
• Shift: Full Time Day
• On Call: 30 min arrival time

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

• 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. Supports 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 emotional 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 sensitive 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. Understand 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. Understand 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.

Benefits

• 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

Required Qualifications

• EDUCATION: BSN
• MAJOR: Nursing
• EXPERIENCE: 1 year of OR
• Must have experience with Da Vinci xi robotics (please highlight in your CV/RESUME)