Registered Nurse (RN) Periop III - PT Nights

Wellstar Health System • Austell, GA

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About The Position

The RN Clinical Periop Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team responsible for providing individualized, high-quality, safe patient care. The nurse practices in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported by the WellStar Shared Governance Model and guided by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing, evidence-based practice, research, and WellStar Core Competencies. The nurse must be licensed and knowledgeable, follow the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and the American Nurses Association’s Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, uphold the patient’s voice and system policies, and support service excellence goals.

The position delivers patient-centered perioperative nursing care, coordinates with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary care team, and contributes to professional development, evidence-based practice, research, performance improvement, and effective use of resources. The role also supports organizational policies, clinical competencies, and applicable legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements.

Requirements

• Associate degree in Nursing or a nursing diploma; a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is preferred.
• Current Registered Nurse license: single-state RN or RN multi-state compact license.
• BLS certification, or an accepted equivalent listed in the posting.
• Minimum 5 years of direct patient-care nursing experience.

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 responsive to population-specific characteristics and cultural diversity.
• Partner with patients and significant others, keep them informed, and make patient goals central to 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 promoting a respectful clinical environment.
• Contribute to teamwork and collaboration in a fiscally responsible manner and support recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
• Participate in and support performance improvement, research, research utilization, and shared governance; initiate or lead activities when appropriate.
• Complete initial and ongoing competency assessments and required mandatory and population-specific education.
• Serve as a preceptor or mentor to nurses, staff, or students and model professional nursing practice.
• Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement; participate in value analysis when evaluating patient-care products.
• Comply with healthcare system policies, procedures, clinical competencies, and applicable legal, regulatory, accreditation, and patient-safety standards.
• Participate in data collection, identify relevant clinical questions, consult 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 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 policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree