RN - Dialysis

Nurse SupervisorLocation: Killeen, TX Facility: BSWH Killeen Outpatient ClinicJob Title: Nurse SupervisorDepartment: Outpatient DialysisHours: Full-Time, Schedule is flexible1 year of RN experience with 6 months of directly dialysis experience required.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:Eligibility on day 1 for all benefitsDollar-for-dollar 401(k) match, up to 5%Debt-free tuition assistance, offering access to many no-cost and low-cost degrees, certificates and moreImmediate access to time off benefitsAt Baylor Scott & White Health, your well-being is our top priority.Job Summary The Supervisor, Nursing Procedural Registered Nurse (RN), supervises assigned nursing and unit-based personnel. This ensures a safe, caring environment for patients, family, and staff. The role fosters professional nursing practice, mutual decision-making, and inter-professional synergy. It also promotes partnership with positive patient and staff outcomes. The Supervisor oversees daily operations and productivity. They assist the Nursing Manager in planning, developing, implementing, and evaluating policies and procedures. They also monitor budgets, resource allocation, quality improvement initiatives, educational programs, and governance councils. This helps achieve departmental and organizational goals. Provides nursing care as needed. This role is used only in specific procedural departments as resolved by the Office of the CNO.Essential Functions of the RoleClinical Judgment: Creates and maintains a healthy work environment for evidence-based practice and research. Coordinates patient care with inter-professional team members in planning, implementing, and evaluating care plans. Identifies potential problems or resources for patients and families. Supervises personnel to provide safe, cost-effective, efficient care based on patient needs. Ensures staff maintain proficiency based on practice standards for the patient population. Provides nursing care as needed.Clinical Inquiry: Evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including nursing indicators. Facilitates practice changes among staff through quality improvement and evidence-based practices. Identifies, proposes, and conducts clinical research.Caring Practices: Creates and maintains a humane, helpful, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and staff. Assists in coordinating patient care conferences and inter-professional rounds to address patient/family needs, discharge planning, and best caring practices and outcomes.Response to Diversity: Identifies issues from personal differences and raises awareness in nursing, medical staff, and other health care providers. Role models, teaches, and provides age-specific, developmentally appropriate patient care following guidelines and scope of duty for patients in the department. Identifies and resolves conflicts affecting performance or the work environment. Advocates for nursing staff to represent concerns of patients, families, and staff. Fosters an ethical practice environment for professional practice and patient care. Uses optimum communication, synergy, and coordination of care. Addresses ethical issues through a systematic process using the institutional ethics committee as needed. Promotes health care at local, state, and national levels.Key Success Factors Knowledge and expertise of nursing and patient care standards and procedures. Knowledge of laws, rules, and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying and accrediting bodies; hospital and department/unit standards, protocols, policies, and procedures for nursing care in the assigned area. Know medical terms, health promotion methods, risk reduction, and disease prevention. 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. 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. Make tactical conclusions about work allocation and direction for supervised employees using established guidelines, policies, or procedures. Ability to make effective hiring and termination recommendations. Ability to train and evaluate performance of supervised staff. 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, and that our workforce should be reflective of the communities we serve.QualificationsEducation: Associate's DegreeExperience: (2) two years of experienceCertification/License/Registration: Registered Nurse (RN) Basic Life Support (BLS): within (30) thirty days of hire or transfer.