Registered Nurse (RN) - Head Nurse - Operating Room (OR)
Company: Baptist Memorial Health
Location: Jackson
Posted on: November 4, 2025
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Job Description:
Summary The Head Nurse is responsible for overseeing patient
care, staff management and day to day operations of a specific
department or nursing unit. Coordinates and provides care utilizing
the critical thinking framework known as the nursing process. The
nursing process forms the foundation of the nurse's decision making
to help partner with patients/families to attain, maintain and
restore health whenever possible. Blends caring, compassion,
knowledge and integrity to provide safe quality care that preserves
patient autonomy, dignity and rights. Assists manager by providing
clinical leadership for nursing employees on an assigned unit to
maintain continuity of nursing care in conjunction with the
hospital/nursing mission, goals, policies and procedures. Works in
collaboration with the Manager/Director/CNO to ensure goal
attainment.system standard jd Responsibilities - Interpret, review,
and combine diagnostic data relevant to the patient's current
condition. - Collaborates with nursing leadership and other
disciplines to identify opportunities for department improvements
and drive change. - Intervenes and provides guidance and direction
during life threatening situations. - Evaluates the effectiveness
of interventions and expected outcomes. - Implements innovative
works processes that improve patient outcomes. - Participates in
clinical leadership activities such as coaching, counseling,
mentoring, hiring, firing, yearly performance evaluations,
staffing, payroll, and productivity. - Participates in activities
designed to improve health care delivery. -
Communicates/collaborates with others in providing patient care. -
Supports life-long learning. - Completes other duties as assigned.
Requirements, Preferences and Experience Experience Minimum :
Minimum of 2 years experience on current unit or in like
setting/specialty area. Licensure, Registration, Certification
Preferred : ACLS Minimum : RN; BLS CERTIFICATION WITHIN 14 DAYS OF
HIRE Special Skills Minimum : Computer literacy About Baptist
Memorial Health Care At Baptist, we owe our success to our
colleagues, who have both technical expertise and a compassionate
attitude. Every day they carry out Christ's three-fold
ministry-healing, preaching and teaching. And, we reward their
efforts with compensation and benefits packages that are highly
competitive in the Mid-South health care community. For two
consecutive years, Baptist has won a Best in Benefits award for
offering the best benefit plans compared with their peer groups.
Winners are chosen based on plan designs, premiums and the results
of a Benefits Benchmarking Survey. At Baptist, We Offer: -
Competitive salaries - Paid vacation/time off - Continuing
education opportunities - Generous retirement plan - Health
insurance, including dental and vision - Sick leave - Service
awards - Free parking - Short-term disability - Life insurance -
Health care and dependent care spending accounts - Education
assistance/continuing education - Employee referral program Job
Summary: Position: 11965 - RN-Head Nurse Facility: MBMC - Hospital
Department: JS OR MBMC Category: Nurse RN Type: Clinical Nurse Work
Type: Full Time Work Schedule: Days Location: US:MS:Jackson Located
in the Jackson, MS metro area
Keywords: Baptist Memorial Health, Jackson , Registered Nurse (RN) - Head Nurse - Operating Room (OR), Healthcare , Jackson, Mississippi
