Registered Nurse RN - Labor & Delivery - PRN - Shift Varies

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
• Includes the patient and family in patient care
• Provides effective education appropriate for the learning needs of patient/ family
• Demonstrates appropriate customer service behaviors
• Participates in organizational and unit based customer service initiatives
• Critical Thinking Skills and Innovation
• Plans patient care based on assessment
• Displays basic prioritization and time management skills
• Evaluates patient’s response to interventions and seeks support to adjust the plan of care
• Utilizes resources on the unit to increase understanding of the care of unfamiliar patient populations
• Recognizes signs of deteriorating patient and accesses appropriate resources
• Reads nursing research/EBP articles
• Participates in discharge planning with increasing responsibility and coordination
• Consistently and independently prioritizes patient care
• Leadership and Professional Development
• Supports unit goals
• Demonstrates support of shared governance through awareness of initiatives
• Completes a professional development plan and shows progress on personal learning goals
• Supervises and ensures completion of task assigned to ancillary/support staff
• Participates in the enhancement of the nursing profession and supporting the community
• Appropriately delegates tasks
• 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: Minimum one year of experience as a professional RN. New graduate RNs or those with less than one year of experience will be referred to the RN Residency Program.

Skills

• Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines
• Interpersonal Skills and Relationships
• Critical Thinking Skills and Innovation
• Leadership and Professional Development

Benefits

• NGHS: Opportunities start here.
• Equal Opportunity Employer

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Varies