Description

Job Title: RN Hospital at Home

Location: Temple, Texas

Status: PRN

Shift: Variable

At Baylor Scott & White Hospital at Home, we are pioneering innovative care delivery models to revolutionize healthcare. Our program offers inpatient level of care services in the comfort of the patient's home. We prioritize quality, acute care delivery, ensuring patients can remain at home while achieving positive clinical outcomes.

We are seeking compassionate and skilled Registered Nurses to join our dynamic Hospital at Home team in Temple, Texas . As a Hospital at Home Registered Nurse, you will have the unique opportunity to provide personalized care to patients within their homes. You will play a crucial role in assessing clinical and environmental needs, fostering a healing environment, and supporting patients and their families through education and emotional support.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide high-quality acute care services to patients enrolled in the Hospital at Home program.

• Conduct comprehensive assessments and develop individualized care plans tailored to each patient's needs.

• Spend additional time at bedside assessing clinical and environmental needs and supporting an overall healing environment.

• Act as a key educator and provide ongoing support to patients and their families, ensuring they have the necessary resources and understanding to manage their care at home.

• Collaborate closely with interdisciplinary teams to coordinate care and optimize patient outcomes.

About Us

We at Baylor Scott & White Health promote well-being for everyone. It's the largest not-for-profit healthcare system in Texas.

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. Visit BSWHealth.com/Benefits to learn about all of our programs that supports mind, body and spirit

Note: Benefits may vary based on position type and/or level

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse on Unit is a key player in patient care management, following our nursing practice model. They work with other health care staff to deliver patient care effectively. Our Registered Nurses use the nursing process efficiently. They diagnose patient responses to health issues and create care plans accordingly. It includes evaluating healthcare needs and responses.

What You'll Do

• Prioritize needs. Create, implement, and assess care plan to achieve outcomes. Adapt plan as necessary.
• Observe indicators closely, support evidence-based changes with research and hands-on learning.
• Create a caring, safe environment for patients, families, and staff.
• Build relationships with boundaries in mind. Focus on managing emotional and physical pain to promote healing and reduce suffering.
• Facilitate learning for all members of the healthcare team, including patients, families, and nursing staff, ensuring everyone is well-informed.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues and the community to develop and execute an integrated plan of care.
• Use problem-solving strategies and utilize available resources to support patients, family and staff as part of a systems thinking approach.

What Will Make You Successful In The Role

• Familiarity with nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
• Awareness of legal requirements and standards of certification and accreditation bodies, including the specifics of the hospital and respective department/unit.
• Good command of medical terminology, with a focus on healthcare promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention.
• Effective communication skills, along with social aptitude for interacting with diverse stakeholders.
• Possessing critical thinking and problem-solving skills is crucial.
• Capability to identify and report changes in patient conditions, develop, and modify patient care plans as required.
• Basic computer skills necessary for day-to-day assignments.

Belonging Statement

We think everyone should feel welcomed, valued, and supported. Our workforce should reflect our communities.

Qualifications

• Completion of an accredited course or have at least 2 years of experience surpassing the minimal qualification required.
• Field of Study: The applicable major should be nursing.
• A minimum of 2 years in a relevant role is expected.
• Certification: Hold a BLS certificate now or obtain within 30 days of starting in this role.
• Registered Nurse License