Registered Nurse RN Days Step Down Unit

Trinity Health • Athens, GA

50d

About The Position

The Staff RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of patients. Functions as the leader for a nursing unit and assumes responsibility as Charge Nurse when assigned this task. Position Purpose: Registered Nurse – Intermediate Care Unit RN works in a collaborative environment at St Mary’s Health Care System to deliver excellent patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team providing evidence-based medicine and individualized patient care. A Registered Nurse RN is expected to facilitate all aspects of the patient visit experience. Great opportunity for a Registered Nurse RN professional to work in an organization that focuses on treating the whole person, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. What you will do: IMCU is a 28 bed intermediate unit that cares for patients with acute pulmonary, medical, surgical and cardiac conditions. This unit is a TogetherTeam unit which is partnered with virtual nurses. Under limited supervision, the Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing patients, including developing, evaluating, and modifying the care plan. The RN interprets and performs complex patient-care procedures specific to their expertise. RNs are members of the Care Team and Support Team and have accountability to function as a team to accomplish patient outcomes identified in the pathway/plan of care. The Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for the care given to a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN provides care to those patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/technology, and other healthcare team members, according to established standards.

Requirements

• A current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Georgia.
• Graduation from an accredited nursing education program approved by the Board of Nursing or found by the Board to be substantially equivalent to the programs in Georgia.
• Successful completion of a refresher course within the past 6 months if nursing practice has not occurred within the past 5 years.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in preferred.
• New Graduates considered.

Responsibilities

• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of patients
• Functions as the leader for a nursing unit
• Assumes responsibility as Charge Nurse when assigned this task
• Assessing patients, including developing, evaluating, and modifying the care plan
• Interprets and performs complex patient-care procedures specific to their expertise
• Accountability to function as a team to accomplish patient outcomes identified in the pathway/plan of care
• Provides care to those patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/technology, and other healthcare team members, according to established standards

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit packages available on Day One of employment including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 403B, and education assistance
• We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities
• We live and breathe our guiding behaviors: we support each other in serving, we communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions, and we are continuous learners communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions, and we are continuous learners
• Is based in beautiful Athens, Georgia, a regional hub and city of 128,000 that is home to the University of Georgia and is nationally known for its arts, sports, recreational, cultural and educational amenities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees