Company Overview
Baylor University Medical Center has a rich history which began with its founding as the Texas Baptist Memorial Sanitarium in 1903.
Baylor Health Care System, which employees 4,752 nurses in direct patient care, is a network of hospitals, primary care and specialty care centers, rehabilitation clinics, affiliated ambulatory surgery centers and the Baylor Research Institute. One of the largest private-sector employers in Dallas/Fort Worth, Baylor employs more than 16,000 people and has more than 2,700 physicians on its medical staffs. Baylor University Medical Center, flagship hospital of the system, is a major patient care, teaching and research center for the Southwest. For fiscal year 2006, Baylor Health Care System will report $405.6 million in community benefit to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
Job Description
Baylor Health Care System is a not-for-profit, faith-based healthcare system with many care locations in the Dallas-Ft. Worth community.
The Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular Hospital (BHVH) has 3 OR Suites and 1 Endo Vascular Suite
Not open on weekends or holidays
Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital in Dallas has a patient centered work environment that focuses on educational advancement for our nursing staff. Excellent educational opportunities are available, including scholarship funds for continuing education and many onsite CEU offerings to name a few. We believe our shared values of integrity, servanthood, quality, innovation and stewardship define Baylor nurses.
Awards and Accreditations: - 2007 VHA Leadership Award for Clinical Excellence for M.I. treatment, heart failure and surgical infection prevention
- 2007 Blue Distinction CenterSM for Cardiac Care as named by Blue Cross and Blue Sheild of Texas
- 2007 Magnet Award for "Excellence in Nursing Services" from the ANCC
- 2007 Silver Performance Achievement Award from the AHA
- ICAEL
- ICAVL
The Registered Nurse is responsible and accountable for prescribing, delegating and coordinating patient care. Accountable that patient care meets standards of safety, effectiveness, patient rights and guest relations. Supervises care delivered by patient care team; coordinates plan of care; provides education for patients and staff; collaborates with other disciplines; provides direct patient care for specific patient age groups.