Registered Nurse- Neonatal Intensive Care (FT Nights)

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse – Neonatal Intensive Care provides individualized, high-quality, safe patient care as a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team. The nurse practices in a clinical environment supported by nurse managers and leaders, Wellstar’s Shared Governance Model, its Professional Practice Model, and evidence-based practice and research. The role requires upholding the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association’s Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, system policies, and service excellence goals while advocating for patients and their families. The position is based at Wellstar Kennestone Hospital and is scheduled for night shifts from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. The nurse uses the nursing process and current clinical standards to deliver relationship-based, culturally responsive care, partner with patients and significant others, coordinate and document care, and contribute to team communication and performance improvement. The role also includes professional development, supporting evidence-based practice and research, planning care across the continuum, and using human and material resources effectively. Other duties may be assigned, and the employee must comply with Wellstar policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Requirements

Minimum five years of direct patient-care experience.
Associate degree in nursing or nursing diploma required; bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
Current RN license: single-state or multistate compact.
BLS certification required upon hire, or an accepted American Red Cross or instructor equivalent.
NRP certification or an accepted American Red Cross neonatal advanced life support or instructor equivalent; provisional NRP is accepted within 180 days.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in nursing.

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice and critical thinking to provide individualized care.
Provide relationship-based, patient-centered care that reflects population-specific needs and cultural diversity.
Partner with patients and significant others, keep them informed, and make patient goals central to the plan of care.
Use current clinical practice standards.
Coordinate and document safe, quality patient care through inclusive interdisciplinary communication and respectful teamwork.
Participate in and support performance improvement, research utilization, shared governance, and activities that promote safe, quality care.
Complete initial and ongoing competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
Serve as a preceptor or mentor to nurses, staff, or students and model professional nursing practice.
Promote evidence-based practice and nursing research, participate in value analysis, and contribute to decisions about patient-care products.
Follow organizational policies, clinical competencies, and applicable legal, regulatory, accreditation, and patient-safety requirements.
Participate in data collection, raise relevant 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.