RN Postpartum Nights

Baylor Scott & White Health • Temple, TX

43d • Onsite

About The Position

Baylor Scott & White Temple is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for our Postpartum Department. This is a full-time night shift position on a 24-bed Level 4 Maternity Care Unit, proudly Magnet Certified. Our team provides exceptional care for mothers and newborns after delivery, including pregnant, delivered, and lactating persons, as well as well newborns.

Requirements

• Grad of an Accredited RN Program
• 1 Year of RN Experience in Women's Services
• Registered Nurse (RN)
• Basic Life Support (BLS): BLS or BLS within 30 days of hire or transfer.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators.
• Supports evidence-based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning.
• Participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives.
• Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff.
• Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries.
• Manages both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 decisions about their health care and treatments, including health promotion and disease prevention.
• Assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes.
• Works collaboratively and interdependently with colleagues and community to develop and implement an integrated plan of care.
• Open and sensitive to all team members' unique contributions.
• Delegates tasks and care to appropriate staff and ensures timely follow-up.
• 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.
• Improves nursing practice and the work environment through participating in shared governance and decision-making processes and meaningfully recognizing the contributions of others.
• Participates in the staffing process from education and planning to evaluation.
• Identifies personal goals and commits 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.
• Demonstrates commitment to community service.

Benefits

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar-for-dollar match up to 5%
• Tuition reimbursement
• PTO accrual starting Day 1

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees