Registered Nurse RN Emergency Department Nights
Employment Type: Full time, 12 Hour Night Shift (7p-7a)
About the role
This position is located at Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia, GA. The Registered Nurse – Emergency Department RN works in a collaborative environment to deliver excellent patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team providing evidence-based medicine and individualized patient care. The RN facilitates all aspects of the patient visit experience in a 14-bed unit that cares for patients from infants to geriatrics, specializing in Cardiology and Stroke care.
The RN is responsible for assessing patients, developing, evaluating, and modifying the care plan, and performing complex patient-care procedures specific to their expertise. RNs function as part of the Care Team and Support Team to accomplish patient outcomes identified in the pathway/plan of care.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients and develop, evaluate, and modify care plans under limited supervision.
- Perform complex patient-care procedures specific to expertise in the Emergency Department.
- Function as a professional caregiver, assuming responsibility and accountability for patient care within a designated time frame.
- Provide care via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, environment/technology, and collaboration with other healthcare team members.
- Interpret and implement care according to established standards.
Requirements
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Georgia.
- Graduation from an accredited nursing education program approved by the Board of Nursing or found substantially equivalent.
- Successful completion of a refresher course within the past 6 months if nursing practice has not occurred within the past 5 years.
- Prior experience preferred; new graduates considered.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit packages available on Day One of employment, including medical, dental, vision, and paid time off.
- 403B retirement plan.
- Education assistance.
- Guiding behaviors: support each other in serving, communicate openly and honestly, respect differences, remain fully present, demonstrate accountability, trust and assume goodness in intentions, and commit to continuous learning.
Location
Based in Athens, Georgia, a regional hub and city of 128,000, home to the University of Georgia and nationally known for its arts, sports, recreational, cultural, and educational amenities.
St. Mary’s Health Care System is a regional not-for-profit Catholic teaching healthcare system, part of Trinity Health, the third-largest not-for-profit health system in the U.S. The system includes three hospitals, St. Mary’s Medical Group, Graduate Medical Education, Home Health, Hospice Services, Senior Living, extensive outpatient services, auxiliary/volunteer services, and clinical affiliations with the University of Georgia/Augusta University.