Registered Nurse - Total Joint

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, 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 practices in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported by the Wellstar Shared Governance Model, Professional Practice Model, evidence-based practice, research, and Wellstar Values. Nurses are expected to uphold the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, system policies, and service excellence goals while advocating for the patient. The role delivers relationship-based, patient-centered care using the nursing process and current clinical standards. It involves coordinating care and documentation, collaborating with patients, significant others, and interdisciplinary partners, contributing to performance improvement and shared governance, supporting evidence-based practice and research, and helping ensure effective use of resources. The nurse also completes required competencies and education and may precept or mentor colleagues and students.

Requirements

Associate degree in nursing or nursing diploma; a bachelor's degree in nursing is preferred.
Current registered nurse license: single-state RN or multi-state compact RN.
Basic Life Support certification through BLS, American Red Cross BLS, or BLS Instructor credential.
Completion of an accredited or approved school of nursing with required clinical hours.
Direct patient care experience is preferred.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process—assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice and critical thinking to provide individualized care.
Provide relationship-based, patient-centered care adapted to population-specific characteristics and cultural diversity.
Partner with patients and significant others, keep them informed, support patient teaching, and make patient goals central to the plan of care.
Practice according to current clinical standards.
Coordinate delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care and communicate inclusively with the interdisciplinary team.
Contribute to a respectful clinical environment and practice in a fiscally responsible manner that supports recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
Participate in performance improvement, research and research utilization, shared governance, and interdisciplinary processes; initiate or lead activities when appropriate.
Complete initial and ongoing competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
Serve as a preceptor or mentor for nurses, staff, or students as appropriate.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement, including participation in value analysis when evaluating patient care products.
Uphold organizational policies, procedures, clinical competencies, and applicable legal, regulatory, accreditation, and patient safety requirements.
Collect data, raise relevant clinical questions, consult appropriate experts, and use evidence and resources to address practice questions.
Plan proactively for patient care across the care continuum.
Participate in developing protocols and procedures with care managers and other members of the healthcare team when called upon or through self-initiation.
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.