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About The Position

Requirements

• 12 months RN experience required
• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days of employment or upon start of clinical shift if working in the Emergency Department (ED)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) certification from the American Heart Association within 1 year of employment as required by department

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• 1 year of additional experience

Responsibilities

• Performs nursing process across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care.
• Integrates values and language preferences into healthcare delivery through a culturally sensitive process.
• Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
• Utilizes appropriate documentation tools to record, measure, and retrieve healthcare data.
• Provides patient and family education appropriate for identified learning needs.
• Utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing care that is safe, effective, and financially responsible.
• Participates in lifelong learning to maintain knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
• Incorporates new knowledge into nursing practice to support desired outcomes.
• Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competence and learning.
• Self-evaluates professional practice in relation to performance, development, resiliency, and goals.
• Takes action to achieve goals identified during performance review, resulting in change in practice and role performance.
• Provides oversight for nursing care given by unlicensed personnel while retaining accountability for patient care quality.
• Engages in ethical practices utilizing principles from The Code of Ethics for Nurses.
• Maintains therapeutic and professional relationships with appropriate role boundaries.
• Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
• Consults, contributes to, and coordinates care with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
• Demonstrates investment in others through teaching/coaching/helper roles.
• Demonstrates support of shared leadership through awareness of initiatives and providing input.
• Drives and effectively facilitates timely admission, transfer, and discharge process for unit, ensuring efficient and safe patient flow.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into clinical judgement and nursing practice.
• Participates in monitoring activities within work environment to maintain a culture of safety.
• Identifies and communicates hazards and errors.
• Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient outcome and workflows.
• Ensures equipment is in working order to provide safe patient care.
• Demonstrates commitment and flexibility through times of change.
• Completes orientation and initial assessment of competency successfully by determined due date.
• Completes mandatory education and annual competency assessment requirements as defined by unit and system by due date.
• Achieves 75% attendance at staff meetings if applicable.

Benefits

• Comprehensive compensation and benefit package