Registered Nurse (RN)- Acute Care- Cardiac Telemetry

Wellstar Health System•Dallas, GA

About The Position

The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers who provide individualized, high-quality, safe patient care to patients and their families. The nurse works in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, with support from Wellstar’s Shared Governance Model. Practice is guided by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, evidence-based practice, research, Wellstar Values, the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, and American Nurses Association standards. The nurse advocates for the patient and supports system policies, procedures, and service-excellence goals. The role applies the nursing process and current clinical standards to deliver relationship-based, culturally responsive, patient-centered care. It includes coordinating and documenting care, collaborating with patients and interdisciplinary team members, participating in performance improvement and shared governance, supporting evidence-based practice and research, and using human and material resources effectively. The nurse also completes competency and required education and may precept or mentor other nurses, staff, or students. The position is for the Acute Care—Cardiac Telemetry setting and has a night shift. Required qualifications include an associate degree or nursing diploma, an active single-state or compact RN license, and BLS certification. Completion of an accredited or approved nursing school, including required clinical hours, is required; direct patient-care experience is preferred.

Requirements

Associate degree in nursing or nursing diploma; a bachelor's degree in nursing is preferred.
Completion of an accredited or approved school of nursing, including required clinical hours.
RN license: single-state RN or RN compact/multistate license.
BLS certification: Basic Life Support, American Red Cross Basic Life Support, or Basic Life Support Instructor.
Required certifications must be held upon hire unless otherwise stated.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in nursing.
Direct patient-care experience.

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice and critical thinking.
Provide individualized, relationship-based, culturally responsive, patient-centered care in accordance with current clinical practice standards.
Partner with patients and significant others, keep them informed, and make patient goals central to the plan of care.
Coordinate and document safe, high-quality care through effective and inclusive interdisciplinary communication.
Promote a respectful, inclusive clinical environment and practice in a fiscally responsible manner that supports recruitment and retention.
Participate in performance improvement, research utilization, shared governance, and interdisciplinary processes; initiate or lead related activities when appropriate.
Complete initial and ongoing competency assessments and mandatory and population-specific education.
Serve as a preceptor or mentor for professional nurses, staff, or students as appropriate.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement, including participation in value analysis of patient-care products.
Follow health-system policies, procedures, clinical competencies, legal and regulatory requirements, accreditation standards, and patient-safety goals.
Participate in data collection, raise clinical questions, consult experts, and use appropriate 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.
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.