Registered Nurse RN - Emergency Department - FT Days

Northeast Georgia Health System•Gainesville, GA

21h

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 as part of an interdisciplinary team caring for a variety of complex patients and applies population-specific guidelines, evidence-based practice, and safety practices. The nurse seeks and provides feedback, contributes to professional development, and assumes bedside leadership responsibilities, including serving as a charge nurse, participating in teams and shared governance, and supporting quality improvement. New graduate clinical RNs focus on developing knowledge and skills and growing their ability to care for increasingly complex patients, consulting with experienced clinicians and using feedback for development. The nurse contributes to quality, patient safety, patient experience, employee engagement, and nursing-sensitive outcomes. Responsibilities also include sharing knowledge, supporting unit education, precepting as needed, serving as a unit-based champion or super user, and fostering a respectful, inclusive, and healthy work environment.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Provide direct, safe, effective, and efficient patient care using the nursing process and population-specific guidelines.
Coordinate care for assigned patients during a shift to promote clinical outcomes.
Prioritize care, recognize problems, and apply evidence-based practice.
Communicate patient conditions effectively to patients, families, physicians, advanced practice providers, and colleagues.
Serve as a charge nurse and help 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, error-prevention, caring, and healthy workplace behaviors.
Participate in quality improvement and evidence-based practice activities, and evaluate the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
Share knowledge and professional resources with the healthcare team and support unit learning.
Assist with 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 use tools to mitigate workplace violence.
Advocate for cultural intelligence, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and address lateral violence and impairment.
Complete required unit-based audits, provide data to management, and serve as a unit-based champion and super user.
Participate in activities aimed at improving patient experience, employee engagement, and nursing-sensitive indicators.