Registered Nurse (RN) - Neuro ICU - FT/Night - North Fulton

Wellstar Health System•Roswell, GA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) Clinical Nurse Critical Care in the Neuro ICU provides individualized, high-quality, safe patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team. The role practices in a clinical environment supported by nurse managers and leaders, the Wellstar Shared Governance Model, the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, and evidence-based practice and research. The RN is expected to uphold nursing practice standards under the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, system policies, and service excellence goals. The nurse uses the nursing process and current clinical practice standards to deliver relationship-based, patient-centered care tailored to patients’ needs and cultural diversity. The role coordinates and documents care, partners with patients and significant others, collaborates with the healthcare team, and supports quality improvement, research utilization, professional development, and effective use of resources. This position works nights in the Neuro ICU at North Fulton.

Requirements

Diploma from an accredited nursing program or graduation from an accredited/approved school of nursing.
Registered Nurse license: single-state or RN multi-state compact.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, or BLS Instructor certification.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification, ACLS Instructor certification, or ACLS Provisional certification.
Completion of an accredited/approved school of nursing with required clinical hours; experience listed as less than one year.
Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Basic computer skills and ability to use technology to support clinical care.
Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and customer-service skills.
Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies decisively, calmly, and respectfully.
Strong time-management, evidence-based nursing, analytical, and critical-thinking skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing.
Direct patient-care experience.

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process—including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice and analytical and critical-thinking skills.
Provide individualized, relationship-based patient-centered care that reflects population-specific needs and cultural diversity.
Partner with patients and significant others through appropriate communication, patient teaching, bedside shift reports, and interdisciplinary rounds; keep them updated and focus care on patient goals.
Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
Coordinate delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care, supporting inclusive interdisciplinary communication and a respectful clinical environment.
Practice in a fiscally responsible manner and promote recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
Participate in and support performance improvement, research utilization, shared governance, and interdisciplinary quality initiatives; initiate or lead activities when appropriate.
Complete initial and ongoing competency assessments, mandatory education, and population-specific education.
Serve as a preceptor or mentor to nurses, staff, or students and model professional nursing practice.
Promote evidence-based practice and nursing research, participate in performance improvement and value analysis, and help evaluate patient-care products.
Follow organizational policies, procedures, clinical competencies, legal and regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and patient-safety goals.
Participate in data collection, identify relevant clinical questions, consult experts, and use appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
Plan proactively for patient care across the care continuum.
Participate in developing protocols and procedures in collaboration with care managers and other healthcare team members.
Support efficient and effective use of human and material resources.