RN - Emergency Dept, Nights

Piedmont Healthcare Inc.•Snellville, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse works in the Emergency Department at Piedmont Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, Georgia. The 38-bed department sees an average of 160 patients per day across a range of acuities and is a primary Stroke and STEMI receiving facility able to intervene and administer thrombolytics. The campus has two helicopter pads, and the department includes five patient-care pods, including a Behavioral Health Pod. Nurses collaborate with emergency department providers and a multidisciplinary team that includes charge nurses, ED flow coordinators, paramedics, ED technicians, patient care technicians, mental health technicians, and unit secretaries. The staff nurse provides nursing care to patients from birth through the lifecycle, using the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care. The nurse works within organizational policies and procedures, maintains professional accountability and standards of practice, and coordinates assigned staff’s patient-care activities to support quality care. This is a full-time night position. A sign-on bonus of up to $15,000 is available. All staff in the unit must have BLS; RNs must have ACLS and PALS, and NIH certification is highly preferred and must be obtained within the allotted timeframe. Nursing-program graduates with no experience are eligible. Hospital nursing experience is preferred.

Requirements

Graduate from a recognized, accredited school of nursing.
Current Georgia Registered Nurse license or NLC/eNLC multistate license.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) are required for RNs working in the unit.
Leadership skills, effective communication skills, initiative, independent judgment, and ability to handle stressful environments.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
Nursing experience in a hospital setting.
NIH certification is highly preferred; must be obtained within the allotted timeframe.

Responsibilities

Assess patients, including collecting physical, psychosocial, and health-history data.
Evaluate patients’ developmental ages when conducting assessments and treatments and providing patient and family education.
Organize patient data to formulate a plan of care, identify additional information needed, make care decisions based on identified needs, and identify expected patient outcomes.
Carry out the plan of care to achieve desired patient outcomes.
Provide care appropriate to the setting, identified needs, care plan, and severity of the patient’s disease, condition, impairment, or disability.
Oversee activities of ancillary and support team members.
Identify teaching opportunities and provide resources to help patients achieve educational goals.
Communicate issues and concerns to the Charge Nurse, Clinical Manager, and/or physician as appropriate.
Document patient care and concerns in the patient record.
Coordinate patient-care activities of assigned staff and maintain standards of nursing practice.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus available up to $15,000.
Total wellness programs for employees and family.
Wellness coaching app with 24/7 live coaching.
Physician and nursing peer coaching.
Financial wellness planning and education.
Broad Employee Assistance Program services.
PTO with combined PTO days for greater flexibility and an opportunity for PTO cash-in.
100% paid maternity leave, requiring return to work.
Employer-paid military leave.
Diversity, Inclusion and Equity paid holiday.
Choice of medical and prescription drug plans.
Dental and vision coverage.
Adoption assistance.
Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent day care.
Health Reimbursement Account.
Fully paid long-term disability.
Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment coverage.