Registered Nurse - Day Surgery - Part Time

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta•Sandy Springs, GA

About The Position

This position is part-time 2 12 hr shifts/week. Work hours are 0900 - 2130. Week 1 - Wednesday and Friday. Week 2 - Monday and Wednesday. Performs nursing process while providing direct patient care in a safe and effective manner that promotes quality patient outcomes. Functions as member of interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Requirements

2 years/3,000 hours of experience with Bachelor of Science in Nursing or 3 years/4,500 hours of experience with Associates degree in Nursing
Graduation from accredited school of nursing
Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment or at time of offer if working in the Emergency Department
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) within 1 year of employment as required by department
Professional Nursing Certification deemed by department required at hire
Continuous employment as a Clinical Nurse 3 at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta since March 2017 in lieu of Professional Nursing Certification

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Responsibilities

Performs nursing process across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care.
Integrates values and language preferences into healthcare delivery through a culturally sensitive process.
Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
Utilizes appropriate documentation tools to record, measure, and retrieve healthcare data.
Provides patient and family education appropriate for identified learning needs.
Utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing care that is safe, effective, and financially responsible.
Demonstrates efficiency and confidence in coordinating direct care for complex patients, adjusts care plans to meet patient needs in an efficient and organized fashion, and ensures care is completed within a suitable time frame without supporting cues.
Participates in lifelong learning to maintain knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
Incorporates new knowledge into nursing practice to support desired outcomes.
Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competence and learning.
Self-evaluates professional practice in relation to performance, development, resiliency, and goals.
Takes action to achieve goals identified during performance review, resulting in change in practice and role performance.
Fosters a spirit of inquiry and seeks knowledge (e.g., informal, and formal continuing professional development) to foster continued growth and understanding of changes in the field to ensure clinical currency.
Provides oversight for nursing care given by unlicensed personnel while retaining accountability for patient care quality.
Engages in ethical practices utilizing principles from The Code of Ethics for Nurses.
Maintains therapeutic and professional relationships with appropriate role boundaries.
Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
Consults, contributes to, and coordinates care with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
Demonstrates investment in others through teaching/coaching/helper roles.
Demonstrates support of shared leadership through awareness of initiatives and providing input.
Serves as consistent resource to others at unit level to enhance direct patient care, e.g., preceptor, charge nurse, team lead, or mentor.
Drives and effectively facilitates timely admission, transfer, and discharge process for unit, ensuring efficient and safe patient flow.
Integrates evidence and research findings into clinical judgement and nursing practice.
Participates in monitoring activities within work environment to maintain a culture of safety.
Identifies and communicates hazards and errors.
Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient outcome and workflows.
Ensures equipment is in working order to provide safe patient care.
Demonstrates commitment and flexibility through times of change.
Applies knowledge and sound interpretation of policies and procedures.
Identifies practice challenges and alerts appropriate channels.
Completes orientation and initial assessment of competency successfully by determined due date.
Completes mandatory education and annual competency assessment requirements as defined by unit and system by due date.
Achieves 75% attendance at staff meetings if applicable.