Job Summary

The Cath Lab Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional. The RN uses the BSWH nursing model to coordinate patient care. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient and identifies nursing diagnoses. The RN develops and implements an individualized care plan and evaluates the patient's response. The RN promotes safe passage for patients by using knowledge of patient needs. The RN helps patients transition through healthcare without preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to healthcare personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act. Delegation also considers each patient's condition and the employee's competencies.

Essential Functions of the Role

• Clinical Judgment: Using clinical reasoning, conducts accurate assessments according to standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements, and evaluates the nursing care plan. Modifies the plan to meet outcomes.
• Clinical Inquiry: Evaluates nursing practice quality and effectiveness, including nursing indicators. Supports evidence-based practice changes through research and learning. Participates in quality improvement initiatives.
• Caring Practices: Creates an attentive, helpful, safe, and therapeutic environment for patients, families, and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patients and families and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages emotional and physical pain to promote relief and healing and prevent unnecessary suffering.
• Recognizes and appreciates a patient's and family's unique differences. Incorporates culture, beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, status, age, and values into a care plan.
• Advocacy and Moral Agency: Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity, and rights of patients and families. Represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns.
• Facilitation of Learning: Facilitates learning for patients, families, nursing staff, health care team, and community. Integrates education throughout care to help them make informed health care recommendations. Includes health promotion and disease prevention. Assesses and documents learning needs and outcomes.
• Partnership: Works collaboratively with colleagues and community to create and implement a care plan. Open to all team members' unique contributions. Delegates tasks to appropriate staff and ensures timely follow-up.
• Systems Thinking: Uses strategies and resources for problem-solving for patients, family, and staff. Recognizes limited resources and considers safety, effectiveness, and efficiency in planning and delivering patient care.
• Professionalism improves nursing practice and the work environment. It involves participating in mutual governance and decision-making processes. It also includes recognizing the contributions of others. Participates in the staffing process from education and planning to evaluation. Identifies personal goals and pursues ongoing professional growth through continuing education. Engages in networking with professional colleagues and involvement in nursing organizations. Involves self-study, professional reading, certification, and seeking advanced degrees. Contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues. Demonstrates commitment to community service.

Key Success Factors

• Knowledge and expertise of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
• Know laws, rules, and regulations; standards and guidelines of certifying bodies; hospital and department standards, protocols, policies, and procedures for nursing care in the assigned area.
• Knowledge of medical terminology, health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention and management. Understanding of medications, common dosages, 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.
• Observe changes in patients' medical conditions and communicate them to nursing staff and physicians.
• Provide age-specific, quality, patient-centered care through the nursing process. Respect the diversity of human experience. Develop, evaluate, implement, and modify patient care plans as needed.
• General computer skills include Microsoft Office, information security, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical documentation, and email.

QUALIFICATIONS

• EDUCATION - Grad of an Accredited Program or (2) two years of work experience above the minimum qualification

• MAJOR - Nursing

   

• EXPERIENCE - (2) Two Years of Experience
• CERTIFICATION/LICENSE/REGISTRATION -Basic Life Support (BLS),Registered Nurse (RN)
• ACLS (ACLS): Must have both Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and Basic Life Support (BLS) within (30) thirty days of hire.

About Baylor Scott & White Health

Baylor Scott & White Health (BSWH) is the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas and one of the largest in the United States. With a commitment to and a track record of innovation, collaboration, integrity and compassion for the patient, BSWH stands to be one of the nation’s exemplary health care organizations. Our mission is to serve all people by providing personalized health and wellness through exemplary care, education and research as a Christian ministry of healing. Joining our team is not just accepting a job, it’s accepting a calling!

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