Registered Nurse RN - Emergency Department - PT Days

Northeast Georgia Medical Center • Gainesville, GA

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About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct, safe patient care using the nursing process and coordinates care for assigned patients during a shift to promote clinical outcomes. The role involves caring for a variety of complex patients as part of an interdisciplinary team, applying population-specific guidelines, prioritizing effectively, recognizing problems, and using evidence-based practice. Nurses are expected to seek and provide feedback, communicate effectively with patients, families, and colleagues, and contribute to a respectful, successful care team.

This position emphasizes clinical growth and leadership. The nurse serves as a charge nurse, participates in teams and committees, supports quality improvement and evidence-based practice, helps educate colleagues, and serves as a preceptor as needed. The role also contributes to shared governance, patient experience, employee engagement, nurse-sensitive indicators, and a healthy and safe workplace. New graduate clinical RNs focus on building knowledge and skills while progressively caring for more complex patients, with consultation and mentoring from experienced clinicians.

Requirements

• Current license to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Associate's degree, ADN, or nursing diploma.
• At least 1 year of RN experience, demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations, or experience that meets the requirements upon hire.
• Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on the unit.
• Ability to deliver safe, effective, efficient care; communicate effectively; prioritize and recognize problems; use evidence-based practice; delegate appropriately; and support the NGHS shared governance model.

Nice To Haves

• Previous specialty experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

• Provide direct, safe patient care based on 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.
• Prioritize care, recognize problems, and apply evidence-based practice.
• Serve as a charge nurse and ensure patient care is cost-effective, quality-driven, and patient-focused.
• Serve on and lead teams as part of daily practice, and participate in one NGMC committee or council.
• Role-model communication, safety behaviors, error-prevention tools, and a healthy work environment.
• Translate patients’ conditions to physicians, advanced practice providers, and other colleagues.
• Share knowledge and expertise, support continuous learning, and participate in quality-improvement and evidence-based-practice activities.
• Help facilitate unit-based education, in-services, and skills validation; serve as a preceptor as needed.
• Participate in unit-based shared governance and self-care activities, and promote cultural intelligence, diversity, equity, inclusion, and healthy relationships.
• Use tools and techniques to mitigate and minimize workplace violence.
• Serve as a unit-based champion, complete required audits, report data to management, and serve as a super user.
• Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice and participate in activities to improve patient experience, employee engagement, and nurse-sensitive indicators.
• Communicate effectively and respectfully with patients, families, and colleagues, and contribute to recruiting and retaining an excellent nursing care team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree