Registered Nurse RN PRN Nights Progressive Care Unit

Employment Type: Part time, 12 Hour Night Shift

About the Role

The Registered Nurse – Intermediate Care Unit (RN) works in a collaborative environment at St Mary’s Health Care System to deliver excellent patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team providing evidence-based medicine and individualized patient care. A Registered Nurse (RN) facilitates all aspects of the patient visit experience. This is a great opportunity for a Registered Nurse professional to work in an organization that focuses on treating the whole person—physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

IMCU is a 13-bed intermediate unit that cares for patients with acute pulmonary, medical, surgical, and cardiac conditions. Under limited supervision, the Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing patients, including developing, evaluating, and modifying the care plan. The RN interprets and performs complex patient-care procedures specific to their expertise. RNs are members of the Care Team and Support Team and have accountability to function as a team to accomplish patient outcomes identified in the pathway/plan of care.

The Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for the care given to a group of patients for a designated time frame. The RN provides care to patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/technology, and other healthcare team members, according to established standards.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients and develop, evaluate, and modify care plans.
• Interpret and perform complex patient-care procedures specific to expertise.
• Function as a member of the Care Team and Support Team to achieve patient outcomes.
• Provide care through therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, and healthcare technology.
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to deliver evidence-based, individualized patient care.

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 by the Board to be substantially equivalent to programs in Georgia.
• Successful completion of a refresher course within the past 6 months if nursing practice has not occurred within the past 5 years.
• Prior experience in a similar role is preferred.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit packages available on Day One of employment, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, and 403B.
• Education assistance.

St. Mary’s Health Care System is 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.

About the Organization

A member of Trinity Health, the third-largest not-for-profit health system in the U.S., St. Mary’s Health Care System is a regional not-for-profit Catholic teaching healthcare system. It 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.

Values

• We support each other in serving.
• We communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly.
• We are fully present and accountable.
• We trust and assume goodness in intentions.
• We are continuous learners.