Registered Nurse RN - Pulmonary ICU FT 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. Participates as a member on PNGC 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
• 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
• Uses basic nursing knowledge and skills within the framework of the organization’s professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family
• Develops critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical and spiritual issues within the episode of care
• Applies knowledge of Sister Simone Roach’s theory by incorporating the Seven Cs of Caring
• Provides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to meet regulatory requirements and effectively prepare them for the episode of care as well as transitions from one level of care to another
• Develops delegation skills as appropriate while retaining accountability for the quality of care given to patients and families
• Conducts medication cross-checks to maintain patient safety and identify potential diversion activities
• Creates a caring and compassionate environment for patients, families, and colleagues utilizing the Communicate with HEART tools
• Identifies ethical situations within patient care or the workforce and seeks assistance
• Communicates with management any safety hazards in the workplace
• Understands unit-based self-care activities
• Communicates with management any safety hazards in the workplace
• Understands organizational workplace violence reduction strategies
• Demonstrates knowledge of how clinical practice impacts quality, patient safety, and satisfaction outcomes
• Manages available resources responsibly

Qualifications

• Licensure or other certifications: Graduated from an accredited nursing program and hold a current unencumbered license to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Educational Requirements: Associate's Degree. ADN or Diploma required
• Minimum Experience: 0-1 year of RN experience – successful completion of new grad orientation or successful completion of an RN refresher course for acute care nurses
• Preferred Job Qualifications: Preferred Licensure or other certifications: National certification in clinical specialty as eligible. Preferred Educational Requirements: BSN. Preferred Experience: Other