Registered Nurse (RN) Periop FT Days

Wellstar Health System•Austell, GA

About The Position

The RN Clinical Periop Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary care team responsible for providing individualized, high-quality, safe patient care. The role practices in a clinical environment administered by nurse managers and other leaders, and is supported by the Wellstar Shared Governance Model, Wellstar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing, evidence-based practice, and research. The nurse is expected to be licensed, knowledgeable, and to uphold nursing practice under the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope of Practice, and Code of Ethics. The role supports the patient’s voice, system policies and procedures, and service excellence goals. The nurse provides relationship-based, patient-centered care using the nursing process and current clinical practice standards. They coordinate care and documentation, collaborate with patients, families, and interdisciplinary colleagues, contribute to performance improvement and shared governance, support professional development by precepting or mentoring, and promote evidence-based practice and research. They plan care across the continuum, contribute to protocols and procedures, and use human and material resources efficiently. Other duties may be assigned, and the nurse must comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Requirements

Associate degree in Nursing or a nursing diploma required; Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred.
Current Registered Nurse license: single-state RN or RN compact license.
Basic Life Support certification, or an accepted equivalent listed in the posting.
At least 5 years of direct patient care nursing experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process, using evidence-based practice and critical thinking to deliver individualized clinical care and coordinate care toward optimal outcomes.
Provide relationship-based, patient-centered care adapted to population-specific characteristics and cultural diversity.
Partner with patients and significant others, keep them informed, and make patient goals the focus of the plan of care.
Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
Coordinate delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care, using inclusive interdisciplinary communication and supporting a respectful clinical environment.
Practice fiscal responsibility and contribute to teamwork and the recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
Participate in and support performance improvement, research utilization, and shared governance; initiate or lead activities when appropriate.
Complete initial and ongoing competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
Serve as a preceptor or mentor for nurses, staff, and students to support a qualified workforce and healthy work environment.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement; participate in value analysis when evaluating patient care products.
Follow organizational policies, procedures, clinical competencies, and legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements.
Participate in data collection, raise clinical questions, and consult appropriate experts and evidence to address practice questions.
Plan proactively for patient care across the care continuum.
Participate in developing protocols and procedures 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 policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.