Registered Nurse (RN) PRN Swing Bed - Days

Wellstar Health System • Jackson, GA

5d

About The Position

The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers, ensuring patients, families, and significant others receive individualized, high-quality, safe patient care. The nurse practices in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported by the Wellstar Shared Governance Model and guided by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing, evidence-based practice, research, and Wellstar Core Competencies. The nurse is expected to be licensed and knowledgeable, uphold nursing practice under the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, and follow the American Nurses Association Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics. As a member of the patient services team, the nurse upholds the patient’s voice, system policies and procedures, and service excellence goals.

The RN provides relationship-based, patient-centered care tailored to population-specific characteristics and cultural diversity; applies the nursing process and current clinical practice standards; coordinates and documents safe, quality care; and collaborates with patients, significant others, and interdisciplinary team members. The role also promotes evidence-based practice, research, performance improvement, professional development, and effective use of resources. The position is PRN and works day shift in the Swing Bed setting.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing or nursing diploma required; Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current RN license: single-state Registered Nurse or RN multistate compact license.
• BLS certification required upon hire; accepted credentials include BLS, American Red Cross BLS, or BLS Instructor.
• ACLS certification required, or an accepted equivalent (American Red Cross ALS, ACLS Instructor, or provisional ACLS); provisional ACLS must be completed within 180 days.
• At least 1 year of relevant, recent acute-care clinical nursing experience.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.

Responsibilities

• Perform the nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice and analytical and critical thinking.
• Provide individualized, relationship-based, patient-centered care that reflects population-specific characteristics and cultural diversity.
• Partner with patients and significant others through appropriate communication, patient teaching, bedside shift reports, interdisciplinary rounds, and keeping them informed; make patient goals the focus of care planning.
• Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
• Coordinate and document safe, high-quality patient care using inclusive interdisciplinary communication and promote a respectful clinical environment.
• Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration in a fiscally responsible manner and support recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
• Participate in and support performance improvement, research, research utilization, interdisciplinary processes, and shared governance; initiate or lead activities when appropriate.
• Complete initial and ongoing competency assessments, mandatory education, and population-specific education.
• Serve as a preceptor or mentor for professional nurses and other staff or students, modeling professional nursing practice and supporting a healthy work environment.
• Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement; participate in value analysis when evaluating patient-care products.
• Uphold organizational policies, procedures, clinical competencies, legal and regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, TJC Patient Safety Goals, and Wellstar safety absolutes.
• Participate in data collection, raise relevant clinical questions, and consult appropriate experts and resources 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.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree