Registered Nurse RN - Intermediate Care / Progressive Cardiac Care - Full Time Nights

Northeast Georgia Health System•Braselton, GA

About The Position

Medical Intermediate Care and Progressive Cardiac Care A 24-bed Medical IMC and PCCU unit. Care is provided for a variety of intermediate care medical patients and progressive cardiac care patients including but not limited to: General Medical Patients requiring more frequent monitoring Patients requiring more frequent monitoring, which may include advanced respiratory support such as BiPap, HiFlo Oxygen, and Vapotherm Endocrine Emergencies requiring more frequent monitoring Gastroenterology requiring more frequent monitoring Alcohol withdrawal with CIWA score <26 Chest Pain Acute Coronary Syndrome Stable Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Dysrhythmias Patients requiring administration of specific cardiac drugs Services provided include: Central Venous Pressure (CVP) Monitoring Removal of arterial and venous sheaths Chest tube care and management Arterial site management Epidural/PCA management Tracheostomy care Cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring Earn Up to $15,000 Sign-On Bonus! Experienced RNs, join our team in an acute care setting and receive up to a $15,000 sign-on bonus! Why Us? Up to $15,000 bonus based on experience Competitive salary & benefits Career growth opportunities Relocation assistance available (over 50-mile radius) We value your expertise and are here to support your success. Apply now and advance your nursing career with us! Bonus and relocation terms apply. Job Summary Capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. Participates as a member on PNGC councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate. Actively participates on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. Works together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team. For the new graduate clinical RN: focuses primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients. 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. Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required
At least 1 year of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire

Nice To Haves

BSN
Previous specialty experience preferred

Responsibilities

Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines
Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service
Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice
Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model
Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit
Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance.
Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility
Leads interdisciplinary rounds to facilitate appropriateness of care and smooth transitions across the continuum
Positively impacts the work environment by displaying respect for individuals and the organization
Effectively applies the nursing process within the framework of the organization’s professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family
Demonstrates initiative and seeks formal and informal opportunities to improve clinical practice within specialty area
Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical and spiritual issues within the episode of care
Effectively delegates care as appropriate while retaining accountability for the quality of care given to patients and families
Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team including physicians and advanced practice providers; incorporates Safety behavior and error prevention tools
Incorporates Sister Simone Roach’s 7 Cs of Caring: Ctheory by incorporating the seven Cs of Caring: Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity into daily work and practice
Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice
Identifies opportunities for quality improvement to colleagues and management.
Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice
Ensures improvements in the practice setting by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.
Serves as a resource for students
Demonstrates an understanding of cultural intelligence, diversity, equity, and inclusion, lateral violence, and impairment and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships
Demonstrating deep interdependence by valuing team member contributions, talents, and skills
Models safe work hours, time management, efficiency, and stewardship
Supports unit-based shared governance activities while on duty
Actively participates in unit-based selfcare activities.
Continually evaluate work processes with the goal of improvement, to achieve our strategic initiatives
Achieves and maintains de-escalation training certification as appropriate for work unit
Supports in quality of care activities, evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
Supports unit-based activities aimed at the ownership improving the patient’s experience, employee engagement, and/or nurse sensitive indicators on the unit with a focus on improvement