Job Summary - Registered Nurse (RN)
50 Hillcrest Medical Blvd Waco 76712 - Infectious Disease
Schedule is: Full time, Weekdays. M-F, 7:45a - 5p
You, as a Clinic Registered Nurse, manage patient care coordination. Your expertise guides the team in delivering top-notch care. Assess patient conditions, identify health issues, and create personalized care plans. Monitoring patient responses is crucial. Ensuring a safe healthcare experience is crucial. Guide patients effectively to prevent complications and delays in their healthcare encounter.
Essential Functions of the Role
- Prioritize patient needs, plan care. Adjust as needed to meet outcomes.
- Support practice changes with research and hands-on learning. Energetic participation in quality improvement initiatives.
- You will build relationships with patients and families, managing emotional and physical pain to promote relief and healing.
- You will help patients, families, staff, and community learn about health care.
- Partnering with colleagues and community to create a care plan is part of your duties.
- You will leverage strategies and available resources for problem-solving for patients, family, and staff with a systems-thinking mindset.
Key Success Factors
- A solid grounding in nursing values and patient care standards.
- Familiarity with relevant laws, rules, and regulations as well as certification and accreditation body guidelines.
- An awareness of medical terminology, as well as strategies for health promotion, risk reduction, disease prevention, and management.
- Respect for medical and professional nursing ethics as well as patient privacy.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.
- The aptitude to monitor and effectively communicate any changes in patient medical conditions.
- The aptitude to deliver quality care that's tailored to the age of the patient.
- Good computer skills, including mastery of Microsoft Office and electronic medical record documentation.
About Us
Here at Baylor Scott & White Health we promote the well-being of all individuals, families, and communities. Baylor Scott and White is the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas that empowers you to live well.
Our Core Values are:
- We serve faithfully by doing what's right with a joyful heart.
- We never settle by constantly striving for better.
- We are in it together by supporting one another and those we serve.
- We make an impact by taking initiative and delivering exceptional experience.
Benefits
Our competitive benefits package empowers you to live well and provides:
- Eligibility on day 1 for all benefits
- Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match, up to 5%
- Debt-free tuition assistance, offering access to many no-cost and low-cost degrees, certificates and more
- Immediate access to time off benefits
At Baylor Scott & White Health, your well-being is our top priority.
Note: Benefits may vary based on position type and/or level
Belonging Statement
We believe that all people should feel welcomed, valued and supported, and that our workforce should be reflective of the communities we serve.
Qualifications
- Grad of an Accredited Program
- 2 Years of Experience.
- License Registered Nurse.
- Basic Life Support certification is required. Applicants without it must get certified within 30 days of hiring.