Registered Nurse - RN - Electrophysiology Lab - Full Time - Days

Northeast Georgia Medical Center•Gainesville, GA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse in the Electrophysiology Lab provides direct, safe patient care using the nursing process and coordinates care for assigned patients during a shift to promote clinical outcomes. This clinician works as part of an interdisciplinary team caring for complex patients, communicates effectively with patients, families, physicians, advanced practice providers, and other care team members, and seeks and provides feedback to improve practice. The position is expected to demonstrate RN I competencies while developing specialty knowledge and skills, exercising a beginning bedside leadership role, and seeking mentoring as needed. New graduate clinicians focus on building knowledge and skills and progressively caring for more complex patients. The RN contributes to unit and organizational improvement through shared governance, quality activities, interdisciplinary rounds, evidence-based practice, and continuous professional development. The role supports a respectful, safe work environment and effective transitions of care, while helping improve patient experience, employee engagement, and nursing-sensitive indicators.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in Georgia.
Associate’s degree in nursing (ADN) or nursing diploma required.
At least one year of RN experience, with demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meeting the experience requirements upon hire.
At least one year of recent RN experience in a cardiac or critical care setting.
Ability to deliver safe, effective, and efficient care that meets population-specific guidelines.
Effective communication and collaboration with patients, families, colleagues, and care team members.
Ability to prioritize effectively, recognize problems, and use evidence-based practice.
Demonstrated self-leadership, appropriate delegation, and support for the NGHS shared governance model.
Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on the unit.

Nice To Haves

Previous specialty experience preferred.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct, safe, effective, and efficient patient care based on the nursing process and population-specific guidelines.
Coordinate care for assigned patients during a shift to promote achievement of clinical outcomes.
Work as a full partner on the interdisciplinary care team and respond to colleagues’ requests for assistance.
Lead interdisciplinary rounds to support appropriate care and smooth transitions across the continuum.
Apply the nursing process to meet patients’ and families’ clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs.
Use critical thinking to identify clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical, and spiritual issues during care.
Delegate care appropriately while remaining accountable for the quality of care provided.
Communicate clearly with patients, families, physicians, advanced practice providers, and other healthcare team members; use safety and error-prevention tools.
Seek feedback and opportunities to improve specialty practice; apply evidence-based practice and identify quality-improvement opportunities.
Support students as a resource and pursue lifelong learning and self-development.
Support unit-based shared governance, quality activities, and efforts to improve patient experience, employee engagement, and nursing-sensitive indicators.
Promote respectful, healthy team relationships and demonstrate cultural intelligence and awareness of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Model safe work hours, time management, efficiency, and stewardship; participate in unit-based self-care activities.
Achieve and maintain de-escalation training certification when appropriate for the work unit.
Incorporate the seven Cs of Caring—Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, and Creativity—into daily practice.