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Responsibilities

+ Serves as a Charge Nurse as needed and ensures appropriate patient care is provided in a cost effective, quality driven and patient focused manner OR functions as an RN Resource Nurse for the facility.

+ Serves on teams and leads teams as a part of daily practice

+ Serves as a role model for the unit in incorporating national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction.

+ Role models communication skills and is able to articulate and translate the patient’s condition to physicians and other colleagues; effectively utilizes AIDET and SBAR communication methods.

+ If applicable, participates in at least one specialty role that is not required of all registered nurses on the unit.

+ Supports continuous learning on the unit by sharing research material from professional journals and/or organizations.

+ Identifies opportunities for clinical quality and workplace improvement.

+ Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice.

+ Ensures improvements in the practice setting by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.

+ Facilitates unit-based education, in- services, and skills validation

+ Serves as a preceptor as needed for nurse interns, new graduate, and experienced nurses OR functions as an RN Resource Nurse for the facility

+ Serves as a unit-based champion on a committee or council (e.g., diabetes, falls, wound, CAUTI, CLABSI, SSI, HCAHPS, IT, etc.); completes unit-based audits and provides data to management for follow-up with staff to achieve positive outcomes.

Qualifications

+ BSN

+ Three (3) years of RN experience

+ BLS with skills demonstration required (and ACLS, if applicable)

+ Current, Approved National Certification: https://www.nursingworld.org/organizational ‐programs/magnet/accepted-certifications

+ Active Registered Nurse license in good standing with the Texas Board of Nursing

Overview

Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center is an internationally recognized leader in research and clinical excellence that has given rise to breakthroughs in cardiovascular care neuroscience oncology transplantation and more. Our team’s efforts have led to the creation of many research programs and initiatives to develop advanced treatments found nowhere else in the world. In our commitment to advancing standards in an ever-evolving healthcare environment our new McNair Campus is designed around the human experience—modeled on evidence-based practices for the safety of patients visitors staff and physicians. The 27.5-acre campus represents the future of healthcare through a transformative alliance focused on leading-edge patient care research and education. Our strong alliance with Texas Heart® Institute and Baylor College of Medicine allows us to bring our patients a powerful network of care unlike any other. Our collaboration is focused on increasing access to care through a growing network of leading specialists and revolutionizing healthcare to save lives and improve the health of the communities we serve.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance

• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and dependent adults

• Care for Caregivers: Resilience Through Adversity is a series of sessions designed to help caregivers build their resilience and advance their mental well-being during these difficult times

• Flexible spending accounts

• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development

• Matching Retirement Programs

• Wellness Programs

Pay Range

$33.00 - $52.80 /hour

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.