Registered Nurse (RN) - Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - PRN
About The Position
Wellstar Cobb Hospital is hiring a Registered Nurse (RN) for its Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. This PRN position is scheduled for day shift, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary care team responsible for providing individualized, high-quality, safe patient care to patients and their families. The role practices in a clinical environment supported by nurse managers, the Wellstar Shared Governance Model, the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, evidence-based practice, and Wellstar Values. The nurse is expected to uphold 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 RN uses the nursing process and current clinical practice standards to provide evidence-based, relationship-based, culturally responsive, patient-centered care. The role coordinates and documents care, collaborates with patients and significant others and interdisciplinary team members, contributes to performance improvement, research utilization and shared governance, and supports professional development through education, mentoring, and precepting. The nurse also plans for care across the care continuum, contributes to protocols and procedures, and promotes effective use of resources.
Requirements
- Associate degree in Nursing or a nursing diploma.
- Minimum 10 years of current direct patient care experience.
- Current RN license: single-state or multistate compact.
- BLS certification or an accepted American Red Cross or instructor equivalent.
- ACLS, an accepted American Red Cross or instructor equivalent, or provisional ACLS within 180 days.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Perform the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation, using evidence-based practice and critical thinking.
- Coordinate individualized patient care through effective partnerships and relationship-based, culturally responsive communication.
- Partner with patients and significant others, keep them informed, provide patient teaching, and make patient goals the focus of the plan of care.
- Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
- Coordinate and document safe, quality patient care using inclusive interdisciplinary communication and timely documentation.
- Promote teamwork, fiscal responsibility, recruitment, and retention of healthcare team members.
- Participate in and support performance improvement, research utilization, shared governance, and activities that promote safe, quality patient care.
- Complete initial and ongoing competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
- Serve as a preceptor or mentor for nurses, staff, and students.
- Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement, including participation in value analysis when evaluating patient care products.
- Follow healthcare system policies, procedures, clinical competencies, and applicable legal, regulatory, accreditation, and patient-safety requirements.
- Participate in data collection and use appropriate experts, resources, and evidence to address clinical 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.
- Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
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What This Job Offers
Education Level
Associate degree
