RN PRN Outpatient Imaging Centers

Northeast Georgia Health System•Braselton, GA

23h•Onsite

About The Position

Northeast Georgia Health System is dedicated to improving the health of its communities. This role is for a capable clinician, preferably with previous specialty experience, who is focused on expanding their knowledge and skills. The position involves consistently providing effective direct care as part of an interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. The RN is expected to seek and provide feedback for improved clinical practice, assume a beginning clinical bedside leadership role, and seek mentoring. Professional involvement includes being a member of VOICE professional nursing shared governance, participating in VOICE councils and Nursing Quality Teams, and actively contributing to the Unit Council to improve nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. The role also involves collaborating with other care team members for recruitment and retention. For new graduate clinical RNs, the focus is on developing knowledge and skills and demonstrating growth in caring for increasingly complex patients. The RN is responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process and coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote clinical outcomes, requiring consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepting feedback for professional development.

Requirements

Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia
Associates Degree
One year of experience as a professional RN (New graduate RNs or those with less than one year of experience will be referred to the RN Residency Program)
Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines
Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service
Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice
Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model
Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

Nice To Haves

National certification in clinical specialty
Bachelor of Nursing Degree
One year experience in Long Term Care
Membership is professional organization

Responsibilities

Consistently provide effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients
Seek as well as provide feedback for improved clinical practice
Assume a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seek mentoring in this process
Be a professional member of VOICE professional nursing shared governance providing feedback on issues being addressed at meetings
Participate as a member on VOICE councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate
Actively participate on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data
Work together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team
For the new graduate clinical RN: focus primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients
Provide direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process
Coordinate care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes
Require consultation with more experienced clinicians and accept feedback as a constructive professional development tool
Demonstrate basic assessment skills
Demonstrate the 5 rights of medication administration
Manage care for basic patient assignment and progress to care for increasingly complex patients
Accurately document all aspects of the nursing process using the electronic medical record as applicable
Understand and comply with all DNV standards
Access and follow policies
Evaluate patient response to interventions and adjust plan of care appropriately
Consistently coordinate interdisciplinary care
Use resources effectively to reduce waste
Participate in PI processes
Participate in maintaining and monitoring the work environment to ensure compliance with DNV regulations
Coordinate discharge planning
Actively contribute to a culture of safety within the organization
Include the patient and family in patient care
Provide effective education appropriate for the learning needs of patient/family
Demonstrate appropriate customer service behaviors
Participate in organizational and unit based customer service initiatives
Plan patient care based on assessment
Display basic prioritization and time management skills
Evaluate patient’s response to interventions and seek support to adjust the plan of care
Utilize resources on the unit to increase understanding of the care of unfamiliar patient populations
Recognize signs of deteriorating patient and access appropriate resources
Read nursing research/EBP articles
Participate in discharge planning with increasing responsibility and coordination
Demonstrate the ability to rapidly recognize and anticipate changes in patient status and take appropriate action while maintaining professional composure
Recognize existence of nursing practice trends and question care as it relates to evidence based practice
Consistently and independently prioritize patient care
Support unit goals
Demonstrate support of shared governance through awareness of initiatives
Complete a professional development plan and show progress on personal learning goals
Supervise and ensure completion of task assigned to ancillary/support staff
Participate in the enhancement of the nursing profession and supporting the community
Appropriately delegate tasks
Seek resources by actively consulting with the interdisciplinary team
Demonstrate support of shared governance through awareness of initiatives and by providing input
Serve in a unit leadership role(s)
Serve as the Nurse in Charge as necessary fulfilling the following responsibilities: patient flow, matches given resources to patients for shift, escalates concerns using the chain of command