Care of - laboratory nurse

Baylor Scott & White Temple, TX

Fulltime 4/10-hour shifts with rotating day off.

Shift: 7am – 5:30pm.

Call is required on a rotating schedule for weekends and holidays. Must live within an hour of the hospital for call.

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.

Job Summary

The EP Lab 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, develops, implements, and evaluates an individualized care plan and evaluates the patient's response. The RN promotes safe passage for patients by using knowledge of patient needs, helps patients transition through healthcare without preventable complications or delays, and delegates interventions to healthcare personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act.

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, and modifies the plan to meet outcomes.

Clinical Inquiry: Evaluates nursing practice quality and effectiveness, supports evidence‑based practice changes through research and learning, and participates in quality improvement initiatives.

Caring Practices: Creates an attentive, helpful, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and staff, manages emotional and physical pain to promote relief and healing, incorporates cultural and individual differences into care plans.

Advocacy and Moral Agency: Preserves and protects confidentiality, autonomy, dignity, and rights of patients and families, represents their concerns, and assists in resolving ethical and clinical concerns.

Facilitation of Learning: Provides education to patients, families, nursing staff, the health‑care team, and community, assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes.

Partnership: Works collaboratively with colleagues and community, delegates tasks to appropriate staff, ensures timely follow‑up.

Systems Thinking: Uses strategies and resources for problem‑solving, recognizes limited resources, considers safety, effectiveness, and efficiency.

Professionalism: Engages in continuous professional growth, contributes to professional development of peers, demonstrates commitment to community service.

Key Success Factors

Knowledge and expertise of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.

Knowledge of laws, rules, regulations, standards, and guidelines of certifying bodies, hospital and department standards, protocols, policies, and procedures for nursing care in the assigned area.

Knowledge of medical terminology, health promotion, risk reduction, disease prevention and management, medications, common dosages, 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.

Social skills to interact with a wide range of constituencies.

Critical thinking and problem‑solving skills.

Observes changes in patients' medical conditions and communicates them to nursing staff and physicians.

Provides age‑specific, quality, patient‑centered care through the nursing process; respects the diversity of human experience.

General computer skills including Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.

Qualifications

Education: Graduate of an accredited RN program.

Major: Nursing.

Experience: Two years of RN experience, including at least one of the following: critical care/ICU, cardiac, OR/EP/CATH/IR/PACU.

Certification / Registration: Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 30 days of hire.

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