Registered Nurse RN - Inpatient Dialysis PRN

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. For the new graduate clinical RN: focuses primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process, and for coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes.
• Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.
• Coordinates discharge planning.
• Reads nursing research/EBP articles.
• Participates in discharge planning with increasing responsibility and coordination.
• Rapidly recognizes and anticipates changes in patient status and takes appropriate action while maintaining professional composure.
• Recognizes existence of nursing practice trends and questions care as it relates to evidence based practice.
• Consistently and independently prioritizes patient care.
• 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.

Requirements

Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia
Educational Requirements: Associates Degree
Minimum Experience: At least 2 years of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire

Qualifications

Preferred Licensure or other certifications: National certification in clinical specialty
Preferred Educational Requirements: Bachelor of Nursing Degree
Preferred Experience: Long Term Care: One year experience

Skills

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

Benefits

Physical Demands: Weight Lifted: Up to 100 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time
Weight Carried: Up to 50 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time
Vision: Moderate, Frequently 31-65% of time
Kneeling/Stooping/Bending: Frequently 31-65%
Standing/Walking: Frequently 31-65%
Pushing/Pulling: Frequently 31-65%
Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65%

Pay

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Schedule

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