JOB SUMMARY
Under the direct supervision of the Director and the Charge Nurse, the nurse is responsible for implementing all physician orders, providing for the continuity and quality nursing care for all patients, with continual evaluation of the patients’ condition, providing patient safety comfort, and privacy at all times for Baylor Scott & White Surgical Hospital at Fort Worth and HOPD Outpatient Center.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Delivers indirect and direct patient care according to established standards, taking into consideration the age and risk factors of the patient.
- Acts as a patient advocate in meeting his/her physical and psychological needs.
- Performs patient assessment and reassessment immediately upon admission and on a regular basis in accordance with standards of care with documentation of these assessments as a basis for planning each patient’s care.
- Ensures that all nursing interventions and patients’ responses are communicated to responsible practitioners as indicated and that all components of the nursing process are documented in accordance with standards of practice.
- Takes emergency call as assigned.
- Understand practices and ensures sterile technique. Correctly operates sterilizers.
- Integrates and coordinates care across settings and among disciplines.
- Implements physician’s orders effectively and safely in accordance with standards of practice.
- Utilizes special precautions in the direct care and in the supervision of care provided to sedated patients.
- Provides appropriate information to nursing personnel regarding the patients’ status on transfer.
- Documents all records according to established policies and procedures.
BENEFITS
Our competitive salary and benefits package includes medical and dental insurance, 401(k), paid time off and life insurance.
Opportunities:
We offer cross training opportunities for professional growth, increase durability, and motivation.
Required Skills
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Minimum 2 year experience in a hospital setting
- Ability to recognize, evaluates, solve problems and correct errors.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, hospital staff, physicians, vendors and the public.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Demonstrates accountability, professionalism, openness, receptive to change, creativity and innovative.
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to adapt to change quickly, strong knowledge base relative to surgery procedures and management of the surgical patient
- Understands principles of aseptic technique and their implementation
- Ability to care for patients from infancy to geriatrics
- Excellent teaching skills
Required Experience
EDUCATION & LICENSURE
EDUCATION
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION
- Current Texas RN License
- Current BLS, must get ACLS within 6 months of hire