Medical IMCU FT Dayshift RN

Wellstar Health System•Roswell, GA

About The Position

The RN Clinical Nurse Critical Care is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers, providing individualized, high-quality, safe patient care to patients, families, and significant others. The nurse works in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported by the Wellstar Shared Governance Model and guided by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, evidence-based practice, research, and Wellstar Values. The nurse upholds the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, system policies and procedures, and service excellence goals. The role delivers relationship-based, patient-centered care tailored to population-specific needs and cultural diversity. It involves coordinating and documenting care with the interdisciplinary team, partnering with patients and their significant others, supporting performance improvement and shared governance, mentoring and precepting colleagues, promoting evidence-based practice and research, and using clinical and material resources effectively. The position is a full-time day-shift RN role in a medical intermediate care unit.

Requirements

Associate degree in nursing or nursing diploma required; bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
Minimum of 5 years of direct patient care experience.
Current registered nurse license: single-state RN or multistate compact RN.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or accepted equivalent required.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification or accepted equivalent required upon hire, or provisional ACLS within 180 days.
Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Ability to use technology to support clinical care and basic computer skills.
Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and customer service skills.
Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies decisively, calmly, and respectfully.
Excellent time-management skills.
Evidence-based nursing practice, analytical ability, and strong critical-thinking skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in nursing.

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice and critical thinking to provide individualized care.
Coordinate care through effective partnerships and provide relationship-based, patient-centered care adapted to population-specific needs and cultural diversity.
Partner with patients and significant others through bedside shift reports, interdisciplinary rounds, patient teaching, updates, and care planning focused on patient goals.
Use current clinical practice standards.
Coordinate delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care, including timely documentation and inclusive interdisciplinary communication.
Promote a respectful and inclusive clinical environment and practice in a fiscally responsible manner that supports recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
Participate in and support performance improvement, research utilization, and shared governance; initiate or lead these activities when appropriate.
Complete initial and ongoing competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
Serve as a preceptor or mentor for nurses and other staff or students, modeling professional nursing practice and supporting a healthy work environment.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, performance improvement, and participation in value analysis for patient-care products.
Uphold organizational policies, clinical competencies, and legal, regulatory, accreditation, and patient-safety requirements.
Participate in data collection, raise clinical questions, consult appropriate experts, and use evidence and resources 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 to achieve best-practice outcomes.
Support efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.