Registered Nurse RN - Emergency Department - FT Days

Northeast Georgia Medical Center•Gainesville, GA

23h

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 works with an interdisciplinary team to care for a variety of complex patients, communicates effectively with patients, families, and colleagues, and uses evidence-based practice to prioritize care and address problems. Clinicians seek feedback and mentoring, contribute to team success, and support the development and retention of an excellent nursing care team. New graduate RNs focus on developing knowledge and skills and progressing to care for increasingly complex patients. The role includes clinical leadership and shared governance responsibilities, including serving as a charge nurse, participating in committees and councils, supporting quality and safety initiatives, and helping improve patient experience, employee engagement, and nursing-sensitive indicators. The RN shares knowledge, supports unit learning and education, participates in quality improvement and evidence-based practice, and may precept students and nurses. The position also calls for modeling healthy workplace behaviors, cultural intelligence, inclusion, and caring practices.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
Associate's degree, ADN, or diploma required.
At least 1 year of RN experience, demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations, or meeting experience requirements upon hire.
Ability to deliver safe, effective, and efficient care that meets population-specific guidelines.
Effective communication with patients, families, and colleagues at all levels, with consideration and respect for others.
Ability to prioritize effectively, recognize problems, and use evidence-based practice.
Demonstrated self-leadership, appropriate delegation, and support for the NGHS shared governance model.
Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on the unit.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Previous specialty experience preferred.

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.
Communicate with patients, families, physicians, advanced practice providers, and colleagues, including articulating and translating patients’ conditions.
Prioritize care, recognize problems, and use evidence-based practice.
Serve as a charge nurse and ensure patient care is cost-effective, high-quality, and patient-focused.
Serve on and lead teams as part of daily practice, and participate in an NGMC committee or council.
Participate in unit-based shared governance and quality teams, and support initiatives to improve nursing-sensitive indicators, RN satisfaction, employee engagement, safety culture, and patient experience.
Role-model communication, safety and error-prevention practices, healthy work environment behaviors, and the seven Cs of Caring.
Share knowledge and research, support continuous unit learning, participate in quality-improvement and evidence-based-practice activities, and assist with education, in-services, and skills validation.
Precept students, nurse residents, and experienced nurses as needed.
Advocate for cultural intelligence, diversity, equity, inclusion, healthy relationships, and prevention of lateral violence and impairment.
Lead unit-based self-care activities and use techniques to mitigate workplace violence.
Serve as a unit-based champion, complete audits, report data to management, serve as a super user, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
Use basic computer skills to operate systems used on the unit.