15h Left! RN OR
Company: Baylor Scott & White Health
Location: Dallas
Posted on: July 16, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Join Baylor Heart & Vascular Hospital Dallas as
a Registered Nurse in the Cardiovascular OR and be part of
something better! Cardiovascular Operating Room BHVH Our Operating
Room is a fast-paced environment that includes high acuity
patients. Are you looking to increase your knowledge base? Our
Operating Room leadership team fosters an environment that supports
learning, mentoring, and building every team member. Baylor Heart &
Vascular Hospital Dallas - Operating Room Patient Population:
Minimally invasive CV and vascular procedures- ECMO, Impellas,
TAVRs, PELTs, laser lead extractions, convergents (newer procedure,
done by Cardiothoracic surgeons). No open-heart cases at BHVH. BHVH
has more generalized CV. BUMC has CVICU. Beds: Four OR beds (three
regular, one hybrid that does Endovascular) Shift/Schedule: FT/Days
| 7a- 7p | Three 12hr shifts per week. Call: One weeknight every
week, one weekend every 6th weekend, and one holiday per year
Requirements: Candidate MUST HAVE minimum of one year OR RN
experience- Any (does not have to be CV specific) except more
specialized areas (like L&D). CV OR, scrubbing, and circulating
are a plus. JOB SUMMARY The Operating Room (OR) Registered Nurse
(RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing
professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by
the health care team. 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. 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. - 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. - 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. -
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
step-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. 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 -
featuredjob0325 featuredjob524 QUALIFICATIONS - EDUCATION - Grad of
an Accredited Program or 2 years of work experience above the
minimum qualification - 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.
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