staff - Charge Nurse (RN) - Pediatrics OR - Operating Room New

Baylor Scott & White Health is seeking a Pediatrics OR - Operating Room Charge Nurse (RN) for a nursing job in Temple, Texas.

• Specialty: Pediatrics OR - Operating Room
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• 30 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, flexible
• Employment Type: Staff

NPD Generalist Charge RN Pedi OR

Job Summary

As a Generalist/Charge RN in Nursing Professional Development, you will use specialized tools and knowledge to enhance healthcare practices. Your role is crucial for promoting effective education and professional development practices following our Professional Practice Model. You'll partner with staff, leadership, faculty, and researchers to create and evaluate professional development programs. These programs help improve skills and encourage ongoing learning. You will advocate for practices to improve patient outcomes and promote synergy in our organization. Your role involves advancing the Nursing Professional Development practice in line with our system's model. This should also align with the scope and standards of Professional Nursing Development Practice.

Essential Functions of the Role

3 10 hour shifts divided per week

Develop and assess professional development programmes based on recognized industry standards, facilitating professional efficiency, constant learning, and growth.
Predict audience needs, consider challenges, validate with stakeholders, and help with educational planning.
Partner in executing educational plans, utilizing strategies that encourage a conducive learning and practice environment to achieve desired results.
Draw from the existing literature, research, and practical experience to create, implement, and assess educational activities, programs, or projects.
Employ valid and reliable methods to measure outcomes, working with stakeholders when evaluating and updating activities based on data.
Establish and maintain connections with Community Education programs.
Uphold ethical standards in practice, advising colleagues through ethical dilemmas, and supervising the integrity of educational activities.
Promote research and apply scientific knowledge in practice. Closely participate in research, evidence-based practice, and quality improvement.
Coordinate and closely engage in tasks vital for ensuring the best quality of patient care.
Supervise, ensure safety, manage patient care in senior nursing role with high quality standards.
Key Success Factors

To succeed in this role, understand nursing protocols, patient care, health promotion, risk mitigation, disease prevention, and medical terms.
You also need knowledge of legal, ethical, and privacy issues commonly faced in nursing.
Efficient coaching and clear communication skills are crucial. Interact effectively with diverse groups and adjust teaching methods as needed.
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

OR experience required

Pediatric experience preferred

RN Charge experience preferred

Bachelor's degree.
Applicants need to have at least two years (2) of relevant work experience.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or can get it within (30) thirty days.
Holding a Registered Nurse License (RN) from Texas is a prerequisite for this position.

Baylor Scott & White Health Job ID #2​5​0​0​1​5​1​8.

As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform – MyBSWHealth. Through 51 hospitals and more than 1,100 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans.

• Holiday Pay
• Continuing Education
• 401k retirement plan
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Employee assistance programs
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Benefits start day 1
• Life insurance
• Discount program