PRN Registered Nurse (RN) - IMCU @ Cobb Hospital

Wellstar Health System•Austell, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives. This role involves performing the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, analytical/critical thinking, and ensuring individualized care. The nurse will coordinate care through effective partnerships, recognizing that caring is central to achieving optimal patient care outcomes. Relationship-based, patient-centered care consistent with population-specific characteristics will be provided, adapting service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity. The nurse will partner with the patient and significant others, using appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just-in-time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patient’s goals the focus of the plan of care. Practice will be based on current clinical practice standards. Teamwork and collaboration are essential, coordinating the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. This includes diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.), timely documentation, and promoting a respectful, inclusive clinical environment. The role requires practicing in a fiscally responsible manner and promoting the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members. Participation and support of performance improvement, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care are expected, including initiating or leading such activities and supporting shared governance. Professional development includes completing all initial and ongoing professional competency assessments, required mandatory education, and population-specific education. The nurse will serve as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses and staff or students, modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment. Evidence-based practice and research promotion are key, participating in activities such as value analysis. Upholding all health care system/organizational policies and procedures, clinical competencies, and legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements is mandatory. Participation in data collection and posing relevant clinical questions to advance evidence-based practice is also required. Proactive planning for patients across the care continuum is expected. Participation in the development of protocols and procedures, in collaboration with care managers and other healthcare team members, to achieve best practice outcomes is also a responsibility. Support for efficient and effective use of human and material resources is required.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of current direct patient care experience Required
RN - Reg Nurse (Single State)
RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
BLS - Basic Life Support
BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support
ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor

Responsibilities

Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes
Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflects an understanding of cultural diversity
Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using such appropriate method for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just in time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patient’s goals the focus of the plan of care.
Practices using current clinical practice standards.
Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. This includes, but is not limited to diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment
Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as, promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process and actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.
Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education.
Serves as a preceptor and/or or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment
Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision making process in evaluating patient care products.
Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and WellStar Health Systems’ safety absolutes
Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence based practice. Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc).
Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.