Registered Nurse (RN)-Acute Care - MedSurg Oncology FT Nights
Wellstar Health System · Austell, GA · 4 days ago
HealthcareFull-time
About The Facility
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Job Summary
The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care.
Core Responsibilities And Essential Functions
- Exemplary Practice and Outcomes
- Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation)
- Uses analytical/critical thinking and ensures that care is individualized; coordinates care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model
- Completes timely documentation and promotes a respectful, inclusive clinical environment
- Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members
- Professional Development and Initiative
- Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education
- Serves as a preceptor and/or or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce, modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment
- Evidence Based Practice and Research
- Promotes Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing
- Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products
- Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions
- Resources and Support
- Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care
- Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc)
- Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources
Required Minimum Education
Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred
Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)
- RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
- BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
Additional License(s) And Certification(s)
Required Minimum Experience: Minimum 5 Years RN Experience Required direct patient care experience Preferred
Required Minimum Skills
- Ability to read, write and speak English language, optimize the use of technology to support clinical care and holds basic computer skills
- Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills along with customer service skills required
- Ability to function in a fast paced environment and respond to emergencies in using a decisive, composed and respectful manner
- Possess excellent time management skills; practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills
- possesses strong critical thinking skills