Registered Nurse (RN) FT Days Inpatient Rehab

Wellstar Health System•Marietta, GA

About The Position

The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers who ensure patients, families, and significant others receive individualized, high-quality, safe patient care. The role is practiced in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, and supported through the Wellstar Shared Governance Model. Practice is guided by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, evidence-based practice, research, and Wellstar Values. The RN is expected to be licensed and knowledgeable, and to uphold nursing practice as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope of Practice, and its Code of Ethics. As a member of the patient services team, the RN upholds the patient's voice and system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Requirements

Associate's degree in nursing or graduation from an accredited or approved school of nursing.
Required nursing license: single-state Registered Nurse or RN multi-state compact license.
Required Basic Life Support certification; listed required credentials also include BLS Instructor and BLS Provisional.
Ability to read, write, and speak English.
Basic computer skills and ability to optimize technology to support clinical care.
Strong interpersonal, collaboration, and customer service skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies in a decisive, composed, and respectful manner.
Excellent time management skills, evidence-based nursing practice, analytical skills, and strong critical thinking skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in nursing.

Responsibilities

Perform the nursing process—including assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice and analytical and critical thinking to provide individualized care and coordinate care through effective partnerships.
Provide relationship-based, patient-centered care tailored to population-specific characteristics and cultural diversity.
Partner with patients and significant others as appropriate through bedside shift reports, interdisciplinary rounds, patient teaching, updates, and care planning focused on patient goals.
Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
Coordinate delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care, using inclusive interdisciplinary communication and timely documentation while promoting a respectful clinical environment.
Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration in a fiscally responsible manner and promote recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
Participate in and support performance improvement, research and research utilization, shared governance, and interdisciplinary processes; initiate or lead activities when appropriate.
Complete initial and ongoing professional competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
Serve as a preceptor or mentor to nurses, staff, and students, modeling professional nursing practice and supporting a qualified workforce and healthy work environment.
Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement; participate in value analysis when evaluating patient-care products.
Uphold organizational policies, procedures, clinical competencies, and applicable legal, regulatory, accreditation, and patient safety standards.
Participate in data collection, raise relevant clinical questions, consult appropriate experts, and use evidence and resources to address practice questions.
Plan proactively for patient care across the care continuum.
Participate in developing protocols and procedures, in collaboration with care managers and other healthcare team members, to achieve best-practice outcomes.
Support efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
Perform other duties as assigned and comply with Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.