RN Postpartum Nights

Registered Nurse - Postpartum Unit | Full-Time Night Shift | Baylor Scott & White Temple

Full-time night RN position with great benefits, supportive culture, and growth opportunities.

Baylor Scott & White Temple is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for our Postpartum Department
. This is a full-time night shift position on a 24-bed Level 4 Maternity Care Unit, proudly Magnet Certified
. Our team provides exceptional care for mothers and newborns after delivery, including pregnant, delivered, and lactating persons, as well as well newborns.

• High Acuity Care: Gain experience in postpartum and antepartum care, including fetal monitoring.
• Professional Growth: Multiple opportunities for certifications and advanced training.
• Collaborative Culture: Participate in improvement projects, Shared Governance, and department committees — your voice matters!
• Busy, Rewarding Environment: Our department averages 250 births per month.

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar‑for‑dollar match up to 5%
• Tuition reimbursement
• PTO accrual starting Day 1

Benefits may vary based on position type and level.

• Magnet Certified facility
• Supportive leadership and team culture
• Opportunities for career advancement and specialty certifications

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 used for RNs in hospital inpatient and outpatient departments with 24×7 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, conducts accurate clinical assessments according to practice standards. Identifies and prioritizes patient and family needs. Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing plan of care. Modifies plan to meet clinical outcomes.
• Clinical Inquiry:
  Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice, including, but not limited to, nursing sensitive indicators. Supports evidence-based practice changes through research utilization and experiential learning. Participates in quality/performance improvement initiatives.
• Caring Practices:
  Creates a compassionate, supportive, safe and therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff. Develops therapeutic relationships with patient and family and maintains appropriate boundaries. Manages both emotional and physical pain with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering.
• Response to Diversity:
  Recognizes, appreciates and incorporates a patient's and family's unique differences, such as culture, spiritual beliefs, gender, race, ethnicity, lifestyle, socioeconomic status, age, and values, into an individualized plan of care.
• Advocacy and Moral Agency:
  Preserves and protects the confidentiality, autonomy, dignity and rights of patient and family and represents their concerns. Creates an individualized plan that accurately reflects patient and family values and goals. Identifies and helps resolve ethical and clinical concerns.
• Facilitation of Learning:
  Facilitates learning for patients and families, nursing staff, other members of the health care team and community; integrating appropriate education throughout the continuum of care to help them participate…