RN - Long Term Care - New Horizons Limestone - PRN

Northeast Georgia Medical Center•Demorest, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities. This role is for a capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. The nurse will consistently provide effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients, and will seek and provide feedback for improved clinical practice. The role assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. The nurse will be a professional member of VOICE professional nursing shared governance, providing feedback on issues addressed at meetings. They will participate as a member on VOICE councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate, and actively participate on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. The nurse will work together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team. For the new graduate clinical RN, the focus is primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in the ability to care for increasingly complex patients. The nurse is responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process, and for coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes. This requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and acceptance of feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia
Associates Degree
One year of experience as a professional RN. New graduate RNs or those with less than one year of experience will be referred to the RN Residency Program.
Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

Nice To Haves

Previous specialty experience preferred
National certification in clinical specialty
Bachelor of Nursing Degree
Long Term Care: One year experience
Membership in a professional organization

Responsibilities

Demonstrates basic assessment skills.
Demonstrates the 5 rights of medication administration.
Manages care for basic patient assignment and progresses to care for increasingly complex patients.
Accurately documents all aspects of the nursing process using the electronic medical record as applicable.
Understands and complies with all DNV standards.
Accesses and follows policies.
Evaluates patient response to interventions and adjusts plan of care appropriately.
Consistently coordinates interdisciplinary care.
Uses resources effectively to reduce waste.
Participates in PI processes.
Participates in maintaining and monitoring the work environment to ensure compliance with DNV regulations.
Coordinates discharge planning.
Actively contributes to a culture of safety within the organization.
Includes the patient and family in patient care.
Provides effective education appropriate for the learning needs of patient/family.
Demonstrates appropriate customer service behaviors.
Participates in organizational and unit based customer service initiatives.
Plans patient care based on assessment.
Displays basic prioritization and time management skills.
Evaluates patient’s response to interventions and seeks support to adjust the plan of care.
Utilizes resources on the unit to increase understanding of the care of unfamiliar patient populations.
Recognizes signs of deteriorating patient and accesses appropriate resources.
Reads nursing research/EBP articles.
Participates in discharge planning with increasing responsibility and coordination.
Demonstrates the ability to rapidly recognize and anticipate changes in patient status and takes appropriate action while maintaining professional composure.
Recognizes existence of nursing practice trends and questions care as it relates to evidence based practice.
Consistently and independently prioritizes patient care.
Supports unit goals.
Demonstrates support of shared governance through awareness of initiatives.
Completes a professional development plan and shows progress on personal learning goals.
Supervises and ensures completion of task assigned to ancillary/support staff.
Participates in the enhancement of the nursing profession and supporting the community.
Appropriately delegates tasks.
Seeks resources by actively consulting with the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrates support of shared governance through awareness of initiatives and by providing input.
Serves in a unit leadership role(s).
Serves as the Nurse in Charge as necessary fulfilling the following responsibilities: a. patient flow, b. matches given resources to patients for shift, c. escalates concerns using the chain of command.