RN Skilled Nursing Continuing Care Hospital

Overview

Registered Nurse (RN) – Skilled Nursing

Location:

Temple, TX
• Job Type: Full‑Time
• Shift: Days | (3) 12‑hour shifts per week

Department:
Skilled Nursing Unit

Baylor Scott & White Continuing Care Hospital – Temple is a 48‑bed, highly advanced medical facility featuring private patient rooms and 24‑hour access to a dedicated team of physicians. Our modern, patient‑focused hospital delivers comprehensive acute care for patients requiring extended stays following serious illness, injury, or surgery. Within our hospital, we also serve patients in our skilled nursing facility. We are more than a hospital — we are a family.

Our close‑knit staff and interdisciplinary teams truly know and care for one another.

• Skilled Nursing Unit with 23 beds
• 5:1 nurse‑to‑patient ratio
• Collaborative, supportive care environment

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides high‑quality, patient‑centered nursing care in the Skilled Nursing Unit. The RN is responsible for assessing patient needs, developing and implementing care plans, and collaborating with physicians and the interdisciplinary team to ensure safe, effective care throughout the patient’s stay.

• Deliver safe, compassionate, and evidence‑based nursing care to skilled nursing patients
• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and ongoing evaluations
• Develop, implement, and update individualized plans of care
• Administer medications and treatments per physician orders
• Collaborate with physicians, therapy services, and interdisciplinary team members
• Educate patients and families on care plans, treatments, and recovery goals
• Accurately document patient care in the medical record
• Uphold Baylor Scott & White standards for safety, quality, and service excellence

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Current RN license (or compact license) required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Previous experience in skilled nursing, acute care, or continuing care preferred
• Strong communication, teamwork, and critical‑thinking skills

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the BSWH nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN promotes safe passage for their patients by using knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients to transition through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays.

The RN delegates interventions to health care personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition and the competencies of the employee.

RN job is to be used for RNs in hospital inpatient and outpatient departments with 24X7 staffing which include those departments with on‑call staffing on the off shifts. Examples of hospital inpatient and outpatient procedural areas: GI Lab, Pain Management, Dialysis, Infusion Centers and IV Services.

• Clinical Judgment:
  Using clinical reasoning, conduct accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identify and prioritize patient and family needs. Develop, implement and evaluate the nursing plan of care. Modify plan to meet clinical outcomes.
• Clinical Inquiry:
  Systematically evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including nursing sensitive indicators. Support evidence‑based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participate in quality/performance improvement initiatives.
• Caring Practices:
  Create a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Develop therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintain appropriate boundaries. Manage both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering.
• Response to Diversity:
  Recognize, appreciate and…