Registered Nurse (RN) – Labor & Delivery (FT Nights)

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers, providing individualized, high-quality, safe patient care to patients and their families. Nurses practice in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported by Wellstar’s Shared Governance Model, Professional Practice Model, evidence-based practice, research, and Wellstar Values. The role upholds the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association’s Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, system policies, and service excellence goals while advocating for the patient’s voice. This is a full-time night-shift role with scheduled hours of 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The nurse applies the nursing process and current clinical practice standards, partners with patients and significant others, coordinates and documents care, collaborates across disciplines, supports performance improvement and research, contributes to professional development and shared governance, and makes effective use of clinical resources.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited or approved school of nursing, including required clinical hours.
Current Georgia single-state RN license or RN multistate compact license.
BLS certification, or an accepted American Red Cross or instructor equivalent.
NRP certification, or an accepted American Red Cross or instructor equivalent; provisional NRP is accepted within 180 days.
ACLS certification, or an accepted American Red Cross or instructor equivalent; provisional ACLS is accepted within 180 days.
Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Ability to use technology to support clinical care and basic computer skills.
Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and customer-service skills.
Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies decisively, calmly, and respectfully.
Excellent time-management skills.
Evidence-based nursing practice, analytical ability, and strong critical-thinking skills.

Nice To Haves

Associate degree or nursing diploma; a Bachelor of Science in Nursing is preferred.
Direct patient-care experience.

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process—including assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice, analytical and critical thinking, individualized care, and effective care coordination.
Provide relationship-based, patient-centered care that reflects population-specific characteristics and adapts to cultural diversity.
Partner with patients and significant others through appropriate communication and teaching methods, keep them informed, and focus the care plan on patient goals.
Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
Coordinate and document safe, quality patient care, using inclusive interdisciplinary communication and promoting a respectful clinical environment.
Practice in a fiscally responsible manner and support teamwork and the recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
Participate in and support performance improvement, research, research utilization, shared governance, and interdisciplinary processes; initiate or lead activities as appropriate.
Complete initial and ongoing professional competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
Serve as a preceptor or mentor to nurses and other staff or students, modeling professional nursing practice and supporting a qualified workforce and healthy work environment.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement, including participation in value analysis when evaluating patient-care products.
Uphold organizational policies, clinical competencies, and legal, regulatory, accreditation, and professional standards, including patient safety goals.
Participate in data collection, raise relevant clinical questions, consult experts, and use appropriate evidence and resources to address practice questions.
Plan proactively for patient care across the care continuum while providing direct care.
Participate in developing protocols and procedures, in collaboration with care managers and other healthcare team members, to achieve best-practice outcomes.
Support efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.