Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU @ Cobb Hospital

Wellstar Health System • Austell, GA

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About The Position

The RN Clinical Nurse Critical Care is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team responsible for providing individualized, high-quality, safe patient care to patients and their families. The role practices in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported by the Wellstar Shared Governance Model, Professional Practice Model, evidence-based practice, research, and Wellstar Values. The nurse upholds the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, organizational policies, and service excellence goals while advocating for the patient.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing or nursing diploma required; bachelor's degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse license (single-state or multistate compact).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, including accepted American Red Cross or instructor equivalents.
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification, including accepted American Red Cross or instructor equivalents, or provisional ACLS within 180 days.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing.

Responsibilities

• Perform the nursing process—including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation—using evidence-based practice and critical thinking to provide individualized care.
• Coordinate care through effective partnerships and provide relationship-based, patient-centered care that reflects population-specific needs and cultural diversity.
• Partner with patients and significant others, keep them informed, and make patient goals the focus of the plan of care.
• Practice according to current clinical practice standards.
• Coordinate delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care, using inclusive interdisciplinary communication and timely documentation.
• Promote a respectful, inclusive clinical environment and practice in a fiscally responsible manner that supports recruitment and retention.
• Participate in and support performance improvement, 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 to support a qualified workforce and healthy work environment.
• Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement, including participation in value analysis for patient-care products.
• Uphold health-system policies, procedures, clinical competencies, and applicable legal, regulatory, accreditation, and patient-safety standards.
• Participate in data collection, formulate relevant clinical questions, consult experts, and use appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
• Plan proactively for patient care across the care continuum.
• Participate in developing protocols and procedures with care managers and other health-care 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 policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree