Registered Nurse RN - General Medical - FT Nights - Up to $15,000 Sign On Bonus

Northeast Georgia Health System•Gainesville, FL

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct, safe patient care based on the nursing process and coordinates care for assigned patients during a shift to promote clinical outcomes. The role serves a variety of complex patients as part of an interdisciplinary team, seeks and provides feedback to improve clinical practice, and assumes a beginning bedside leadership role with mentoring as needed. Nurses participate in shared governance and nursing quality activities, including unit-based efforts to improve nursing-sensitive indicators, RN satisfaction, employee engagement, culture of safety, and patient experience. New graduate clinical RNs focus on developing knowledge and skills and growing their ability to care for increasingly complex patients. The position is based in the Medical Units at Northeast Georgia Health System’s Gainesville Campus. The work environment emphasizes teamwork, compassionate patient-centered care, interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practice, professional growth, and a safe, structured setting. Nurses may encounter diverse patient populations and a fast-paced, high-acuity clinical environment.

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, demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations, or meeting experience requirements upon hire.
Ability to provide safe, effective, and efficient care consistent with population-specific guidelines.
Effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues at all levels.
Ability to prioritize effectively, recognize problems, and use evidence-based practice.
Demonstrated personal mastery, leadership of self and others as appropriate, appropriate delegation, and support for the NGHS shared governance model.
Basic computer skills to operate computer systems used on the unit.
Ability to meet the stated physical demands, including occasional lifting up to 100 pounds and carrying up to 50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Previous specialty experience.
Interest in professional development, specialty certification, clinical ladder advancement, or leadership development.

Responsibilities

Provide direct and safe patient care using the nursing process and coordinate care for assigned patients during a shift.
Deliver effective, efficient care that meets population-specific guidelines and supports clinical outcomes.
Work as a full partner on the interdisciplinary care team and respond to colleagues’ needs 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 care quality.
Communicate clearly with patients, families, colleagues, physicians, and advanced practice providers, and use safety and error-prevention tools.
Seek feedback, improve clinical practice, identify quality-improvement opportunities, and apply evidence-based practice.
Participate in unit-based shared governance, quality activities, and efforts to improve patient experience, employee engagement, and nursing-sensitive indicators.
Support team success, foster respectful relationships, and contribute to recruitment and retention of an excellent nursing care team.
Serve as a resource for students.
Maintain de-escalation training certification as appropriate for the work unit.
Participate in unit-based self-care activities and continually evaluate work processes for improvement.