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Posted: 02-Jul-26
Location: Irving, Texas
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Internal Number: 26011155
Join Baylor Scott and White Medical Center - Irving as a Registered Nurse and be part of something better!
Operating Room
Schedule- 6:30 am to 7:00pm Wednesday - Friday, on call 5 to 7 days per month
Number of Beds: 11
BSWMCI performs all types of surgical cases including Robotic, General, Podiatry, Colorectal, GYN, Cardiothoracic, Orthopedic, Endovascular, and Urology on high acuity patients. We have a total of 11 OR suites which include 2 Hybrid ORs. We are expanding our surgical footprint to add five additional surgical suites. Our OR leadership team fosters an environment that supports learning, mentoring, and building every team member.
Surgical Services
Patient Population: Outpatients, Inpatients that include: ICU/CCU Ventilators, Central Line/Aline Management, Critical Drips, PCU/Tele/Med-Surg
Patient Ratios:
OR-1
DSU-5
PACU-2
Department Specifics: Family and teamwork oriented. Patient/Staff safety is our top priority. Active Unit Based Council
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center- Irving, located in Irving, Texas is part of Baylor Scott & White Health System. Established in 1964 as a community hospital, funded through the Irving Hospital Authority, the facility now offers 293?licensed beds. Each year, BSWMCI delivers care through 32,991 outpatient visits, 76,730 emergency department visits, 11,753 admissions and more than 2000 babies are born each year at this facility. BSWMCI offers care across a variety of specialties including oncology, digestive, and cardiovascular care and has been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as a "Best Hospital" for COPD, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Stroke, Kidney Failure and Maternity care. In 2022, BSWMCI achieved its third accreditation in the Magnet Recognition Program by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award by the Commission on Cancer, and was once again voted Best Medical Center by the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce.? For more information about Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Irving, visit BSWHealth.com/Irving.
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We welcome applicants who will serve faithfully, act honestly, never settle, and recognize that we are in it together to deliver world-class healthcare.
Why Baylor Scott & White Health
At Baylor Scott & 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 & White Health has the resources to offer a variety of career opportunities to meet your personal and professional goals.
The Baylor Scott & 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.
Baylor Scott & White Health Registered Nurses Enjoy
Competitive pay including an RN 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 & 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
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.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- 2 years of Operating Room RN experience
Graduate of an Accredited Nursing Program
License/Certification
BLS - Basic Life Support (required within 30 days of hire)
