Registered Nurse (RN) - Avalon Health Park Cardiovascular

5000 Wellstar Medical Group, LLC•Alpharetta, GA

11d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Specialty functions under the direction of the Office Manager and/or Physician and implements the nursing process using expanded knowledge and experience. The nurse coordinates and provides safe patient care while addressing age-appropriate, culturally aware, biological, emotional, developmental, psychosocial, and educational needs. The role includes delivering care in complex situations, coordinating patient care activities, supporting staff development, and pursuing professional self-development. The nurse is expected to perform job functions independently. The position provides relationship-based, patient-centered care using evidence-based practice and current clinical standards. It involves partnering with patients and their significant others, coordinating care and documentation with interdisciplinary teams, contributing to performance improvement and research activities, mentoring or precepting other staff, and supporting effective use of human and material resources.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited or approved school of nursing.
Current licensure as a registered professional nurse in the State of Georgia; a single-state RN license or multistate compact RN license is listed.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English.
Strong customer service, interpersonal, communication, coordination, delegation, and detail-orientation skills.
Ability to multitask, manage time, and handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to function in stressful and emergency situations.
Computer skills.
Compliance with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Professional Nurses and practice within the Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act.

Nice To Haves

Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing.
National certification in the area of specialty.
At least one year of direct patient care experience in an acute care setting.
ACLS certification may be required for some settings within 180 days.

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation, using evidence-based practice and critical thinking.
Provide individualized, 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.
Coordinate and document safe, quality patient care through interdisciplinary communication and collaboration.
Contribute to performance improvement, research utilization, and activities that promote safe, quality care.
Complete professional competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
Serve as a preceptor or mentor for professional nurses, staff, and students, as applicable.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement; participate in value analysis and data collection.
Follow organizational policies, procedures, clinical competencies, and applicable legal, regulatory, accreditation, and professional standards.
Plan for patient care across the care continuum and participate in developing protocols and procedures in collaboration with the healthcare team.
Support efficient and effective use of human and material resources.