Staff - charge nurse (rn) - icu - intensive care unit
Company: Baylor Scott & White Health
Location: Round Rock
Posted on: September 14, 2023
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Job Description:
Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking a ICU - Intensive Care
Unit Charge Nurse (RN) for a nursing job in Round Rock, Texas. Job
Description & Requirements Specialty: ICU - Intensive Care Unit
Discipline: RN Start Date: ASAP Duration: Ongoing 36 hours per week
Shift: 12 hours, nights Employment Type: Staff JOB SUMMARY F
acility: Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Round Rock Teaching
Hospital and Magnet Designated Department: ICU Shift/Status: Full
Time, 36 hours/week - Nights $15K Sign on Bonus and Relocation
Bonus We are currently seeking a full-time experienced Critical
Care nurse to join our ICU team in Round Rock, Texas. Baylor Scott
& White Medical Center - Round Rock is a 101-bed, full-service
hospital, providing a wide network of medical expertise and
resources, as well as an enhanced ability to care for patients. The
medical center, adjacent specialty clinics and freestanding cancer
center provide a full range of personalized care in more than 40
specialties. The Registered Nurse (RN) Charge is a licensed
professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model
to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. In the
capacity of Charge Nurse, works in the best interests of BSWH and
accepts increased responsibility to help and carry out BSWHs
mission and goals. 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. The Charge Nurse holds nurses
accountable for providing appropriate care including, where
appropriate, taking disciplinary or other corrective action with
help from the designated manager. The Charge RN is to be used only
for hospital inpatient and outpatient departments with 24X7
staffing which include those departments with on-call staffing on
the off shifts. Examples of hospital inpatient and outpatient
procedural areas: GI Lab, Pain Management, Dialysis, Infusion
Centers and IV Services. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE ROLE Clinical
Judgment: Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate clinical
assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and
prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements and
evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical
outcomes. Responsibly directs employees and, where appropriate,
addresses their grievances and concerns and/or recommends and
meaningfully participates in conclusions on those matters. Clinical
Inquiry: Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of
nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing delicate
indicators. Helps evidence-based practice changes through research
utilization and experiential learning. Participates in
quality/performance improvement initiatives. Words and actions are
congruent and holds others accountable for the same. Caring
Practices: Creates an attentive, helpful, safe and therapeutic
environment for patients, families and staff. Develops therapeutic
relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate
boundaries. Manages both fervid and physical pain with the aim of
promoting relief and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering.
Response to Diversity: Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a
patient's and family's unique differences, such as culture,
spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle,
socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan
of care. Advocacy and Moral Agency: Preserves and protects the
confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patient and family
and represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that
accurately reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies
and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns. Facilitation of
Learning: Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing
staff, other members of the health care team and community;
integrating appropriate education throughout the continuum of care
to help them participate and/or make informed conclusions about
their health care and treatments, including health promotion and
disease prevention. Assesses and documents learning needs and
outcomes. Partnership: Works collaboratively and interdependently
with colleagues and community to develop and implement an
integrated plan of care. Open and delicate to all team members'
unique contributions. Delegates tasks and care to appropriate staff
and ensures timely follow-up. Effectively implements changes in the
department. Makes and modifies staffing assignments and clearly
communicates thereof. Systems Thinking: Uses strategies and
available resources for problem-solving for patients, family and
staff. Recognizes that resources are limited and considers factors
related to safety, effectiveness and efficiency in planning and
delivering patient care. Professionalism: Improves nursing practice
and the work environment through participating in mutual governance
and conclusion-making processes and meaningfully recognizing the
contributions of others. Participates in the staffing process from
education and planning to evaluation. Identifies personal goals and
fulfills to ongoing professional growth through continuing
education, networking with professional colleagues, membership and
involvement in professional nursing organizations, self-study,
professional reading, certification and seeking advanced degrees.
Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues
and others. Provides feedback on performance for staff growth and
development and annual evaluation. Demonstrates commitment to
community service. 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 governing the provision of
nursing care applicable to the area of assignment. Knowledge of
medical terminology; methods 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.
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. 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
care 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 separate patients. General computer
skills, including but not limited to: Microsoft Office, information
security, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical
documentation, and email. BENEFITS Our competitive benefits package
includes the following 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 QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION - Grad of an Accredited Program MAJOR - Nursing
Experience - 2 Years of experience
CERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION - Registered Nurse (RN) Basic
Life Support (BLS): BLS or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer.
Recruiter: Steven Nelson Baylor Scott and White Job ID #23016838.
Posted job title: ICU RN Charge About Baylor Scott & White Health
As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas,
Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every
individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to
making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable
through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor
Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute,
the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital
health platform - MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than
1,100 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in
Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum
of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a
Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott
& White today serves more than three million Texans. Benefits
Holiday Pay Continuing Education 401k retirement plan Wellness and
fitness programs Employee assistance programs Medical benefits
Dental benefits Vision benefits Benefits start day 1 Life insurance
Discount program
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