Registered Nurse (RN) -Acute Care - Medsurg Cardiac Telemetry FT Nights

Wellstar Health System•Austell, GA

1d•Onsite

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 works in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and supported by the Wellstar Shared Governance Model. Practice is guided by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, evidence-based practice, research, and Wellstar Values. The RN must be licensed, knowledgeable, and practice in accordance with the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope of Practice, and Code of Ethics. As a member of the patient services team, the RN upholds the patient’s voice and system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals. This full-time night-shift position is based at Wellstar Cobb Hospital and focuses on acute care, medical-surgical, and cardiac telemetry nursing.

Requirements

Completion of an accredited or approved school of nursing, including required clinical hours.
Current RN license: single-state Registered Nurse or RN multi-state compact license.
BLS certification: Basic Life Support, American Red Cross Basic Life Support, or Basic Life Support Instructor certification.
Less than one year of experience is specified.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process—including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice and critical thinking to deliver individualized care and coordinate effective partnerships.
Provide relationship-based, patient-centered care adapted to population-specific characteristics and cultural diversity.
Partner with patients and significant others through appropriate communication and teaching, including bedside shift reports and interdisciplinary rounds, keeping them informed and centering their goals in the care plan.
Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
Coordinate delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care, communicate inclusively across disciplines, complete documentation promptly, and promote a respectful clinical environment.
Support teamwork, fiscal responsibility, and recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
Participate in and support performance improvement, research and research utilization, shared governance, and activities that promote safe, quality care; initiate or lead such 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, modeling professional nursing practice and supporting 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 applicable legal, regulatory, accreditation, and professional standards, including TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar safety absolutes.
Participate in data collection, identify relevant clinical questions, consult appropriate experts, and use 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, independently or 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.