Registered Nurse-RN-Surgical Unit-MedSurg-FT-Days

Wellstar Health System•Austell, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The RN Clinical Nurse at Wellstar is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team, ensuring individualized, high-quality, and safe patient care. They operate within a clinical environment supported by Nurse Managers and the Wellstar Shared Governance Model, with practice guided by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model and evidence-based research. RN competencies align with these models and Wellstar Values. All RN Clinical Nurses are expected to be licensed, knowledgeable, and uphold the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, as well as the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards from the American Nurses Association. As part of the patient services team, the individual must advocate for the patient, adhere to system policies and procedures, and support service excellence goals. Wellstar's mission is to enhance the health and well-being of every person served, with a vision to deliver world-class healthcare every time, and values centered on compassion, excellence, and honoring every voice. Wellstar is a nationally ranked and locally recognized integrated healthcare system, committed to exceeding patient and team member expectations and fostering a culture of excellence.

Requirements

Associate's Degree in nursing or Graduate of accredited/approved school of nursing
Reg Nurse (Single State) license upon hire
RN - Multi-state Compact license upon hire
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
Less than 1 year of experience

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's Degree Nursing
Direct patient care experience

Responsibilities

Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes
Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity
Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using such appropriate method for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just in time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patient’s goals the focus of the plan of care.
Practices using current clinical practice standards.
Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. This includes, but is not limited to diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment
Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as, promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process and actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.
Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education.
Serves as a preceptor and/or or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce, modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment
Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing.
Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems’ safety absolutes
Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice.
Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc).
Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.