Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care - Stroke Unit - FT Nights

Wellstar Health System•Douglasville, GA

About The Position

The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team responsible for ensuring patients, families, and significant others receive individualized, high-quality, safe patient care. The nurse works in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported by the Wellstar Shared Governance Model, the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, and evidence-based practice and research. The role upholds the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association’s Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, system policies and procedures, and service excellence goals while advocating for the patient’s voice. The nurse uses the nursing process and current clinical practice standards to provide individualized, relationship-based care, adapting care to patient population characteristics and cultural diversity. The role coordinates and documents care, partners with patients and significant others, collaborates across disciplines, contributes to performance improvement and research utilization, supports professional development and shared governance, and uses human and material resources efficiently.

Requirements

Associate's degree in nursing or graduation from an accredited or approved school of nursing.
Required nursing license upon hire: single-state Registered Nurse license or RN multi-state compact license.
Basic Life Support certification required.
BLS Instructor or BLS Provisional certification listed as required.
Completion of an accredited or approved school of nursing with required clinical hours; less than one year of experience is specified.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
Direct patient care experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation, using evidence-based practice and critical thinking.
Provide individualized, relationship-based patient-centered care that reflects patient population characteristics and cultural diversity.
Partner with patients and significant others through appropriate communication, teaching, bedside shift reports, interdisciplinary rounds, and updates focused on patient goals.
Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
Coordinate and document safe, quality patient care through inclusive interdisciplinary communication and timely documentation.
Promote teamwork, fiscal responsibility, recruitment and retention, and a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
Participate in and support performance improvement, research utilization, and shared governance, including initiating or leading 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, or students as appropriate.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement, including participating in value analysis of patient care products.
Follow healthcare system policies, procedures, clinical competencies, and legal, regulatory, accreditation, and patient safety requirements.
Participate in data collection, raise clinical questions, consult experts, and use evidence and resources to address practice questions.
Plan proactively for patient care across the care continuum.
Contribute to development of 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.