Registered Nurse RN - Emergency/Observation - Resource Pool - PRN Nights

About the role

Capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. Is a professional member of VOICE professional nursing shared governance providing feedback on issues being addressed at meetings. Participates as a member on VOICE councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate. Actively participates on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. Works together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team.

Responsibilities

• Delivers 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
• Essential Tasks And Responsibilities
• Supports unit goals
• Completes a professional development plan and shows progress on personal learning goals
• Serves in a unit leadership role(s)
• Serves as the Nurse in Charge as necessary fulfilling the following responsibilities: a. patient flow, b. matches given resources to patients for shift, c. escalates concerns using the chain of command

Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia
• Education: Associates Degree
• Experience: At least 2 years of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
• Preferred: National certification in clinical specialty, Bachelor of Nursing Degree, Long Term Care: One year experience

Skills

• Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines
• Active participation in organizational and unit based customer service initiatives
• Reads nursing research/EBP articles
• Recognizes signs of deteriorating patient and accesses appropriate resources
• Recognizes existence of nursing practice trends and questions care as it relates to evidence based practice
• Consistently and independently prioritizes patient care
• Supports unit goals
• Completes a professional development plan and shows progress on personal learning goals
• Serves in a unit leadership role(s)
• Serves as the Nurse in Charge as necessary fulfilling the following responsibilities: a. patient flow, b. matches given resources to patients for shift, c. escalates concerns using the chain of command

Benefits

NGHS: Opportunities start here. Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.