RN Operating Room

Operating Room Nurse Position

Baylor Scott & White Temple is seeking an Operating Room Nurse for a fulltime position with 12-hour shifts. The team is trained in 13 different specialties, including robotics, ortho, spine, neuro, cv, general/bariatrics, gyn, plastics, surgical oncology, urology, ENT, and transplant. They provide additional training for neuro and cardiac teams and perform a variety of open, laparoscopic, and robotic procedures in multiple service lines. The facility has 33 operating rooms, 3 hybrid rooms for neurovascular and vascular procedures, 4 Davinci robots, 2 Mako robots, and 1 Ion. The team emphasizes excellent teamwork and collaboration among nursing staff, surgeons, residents, and anesthesia.

The Operating Room (OR) Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. 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.

Essential functions of the role include clinical judgment, clinical inquiry, caring practices, response to diversity, advocacy and moral agency, facilitation of learning, collaboration, systems thinking, and professionalism. Key success factors include knowledge and understanding of nursing and patient care standards and procedures, knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations, 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, ability to communicate thoughts clearly, both verbally and in writing, interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies, 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, and general computer skills, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.

Benefits include immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%, tuition reimbursement, and PTO accrual beginning Day 1. Note: Benefits may vary based upon position type and/or level.

Qualifications include graduation from an accredited RN program, 2 years of OR nurse experience required, and registration as a Registered Nurse (RN) with Basic Life Support (BLS) or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer.