Registered Nurse (RN) PT Day Med/Surg Ortho - AH Mercy

American Addiction Centers • Charlotte, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is for a Registered Nurse (RN) at Atrium Health Mercy, specifically on the 7 North/South Med/Surg Orthopedic Surgery Medical Surgical Telemetry Unit. The unit is a 48-bed facility where common procedures include total joint replacements (knee, hip, shoulder), spine, shoulder procedures, and general medical patients. The RN will provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care using the nursing process, delivering safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures. This role emphasizes evidence-based practice, clinical decision-making, compassion, and skilled communication to create a safe patient environment and optimal patient experience. Atrium Health Mercy is a 196-bed Magnet designated hospital for Nursing Excellence and a Planetree designated patient-centered hospital, specializing in care for seniors, complex foot and ankle surgery, hip and knee surgery, bariatric surgery, and women’s pelvic health. Advocate Health, the parent organization, is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, employing 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and is a national leader in clinical innovation and value-based care.

Requirements

• At least 6 months required experience to come in outside of the New Grad residency program.
• Completion of an accredited or approved program in nursing.
• Registered Nurse license issued by the state in which the teammate practices.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Current Basic Life Support required per policy guidelines.
• Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works.

Nice To Haves

• 1 year of inpatient nursing experience preferred.
• BSN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide and coordinate comprehensive patient care through the nursing process to deliver safe, therapeutic care in accordance with established standards, policies, and procedures.
• Use evidence-based practice, clinical decision making, compassion, and skills communication while leading efforts to create the safest patient environment and the best patient experience across the continuum.
• Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
• Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
• Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
• Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
• Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with any applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
• Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
• Collaborates with healthcare consumer and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
• Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
• Contributes to quality nursing practice.
• Evaluates one's own and others nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
• Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
• Practices ethically.
• Promotes shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.

Benefits

• Sign-on Bonus eligible
• Relocation bonus if current residency is outside of the designated distance to facility
• Robust benefits packages
• Paid time off programs
• Competitive compensation
• Generous retirement offerings
• Programs that invest in your career development
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match
• Other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees