RN-Extended Recovery Unit

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Work shift: Night

About the Role

The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers who ensure that patients, families, and significant others receive individualized, high-quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders, supported through the Wellstar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is guided by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model and evidence-based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the Wellstar Values.

It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable, and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act, implementing the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies, and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Responsibilities

Exemplary Practice and Outcomes

• Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation; and evaluation) in clinical care using evidence-based practice, analytical/critical thinking, and ensuring care is individualized. Coordinates care through effective partnerships, recognizing that caring is central to achieving optimal patient care outcomes.
• Provides relationship-based, patient-centered care consistent with population-specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect cultural diversity.
• Partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using methods such as bedside shift reports, interdisciplinary rounds, just-in-time and planned patient teaching, keeping patients and significant others updated, and making patient goals the focus of the plan of care.
• Practices using current clinical practice standards.

Teamwork and Collaboration

• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model, including diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (e.g., interdisciplinary rounds, case review), timely documentation, and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a fiscally responsible manner and promoting the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
• Participates in and supports performance improvement activities, including all stakeholders, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care. Initiates and/or leads such activities and promotes an inter/intra-disciplinary process while actively supporting shared governance at all levels in the system.

Professional Development and Initiative

• Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessments, required mandatory education, and population-specific education.
• Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure a current and future qualified workforce, modeling professional nursing practice and creating a healthy work environment.

Evidence-Based Practice and Research

• Promotes evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Upholds all healthcare system/organizational policies, procedures, and clinical competencies, including legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements and standards (e.g., TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes).
• Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice, consults appropriate experts, and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.

Resources and Support

• Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum while providing direct patient care.
• Participates in the development of protocols and procedures, collaborating with care managers and other healthcare team members to achieve best practice outcomes (e.g., decreasing readmission rates, avoidable days, adverse events).
• Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
• Performs other duties as assigned and complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Requirements

• Associate’s Degree in Nursing (Bachelor’s Degree preferred).
• Current RN license (Single State or Multi-state Compact).
• Basic Life Support (BLS) or BLS Instructor certification.
• Minimum of 5 years of RN experience with direct patient care.

Skills

• Ability to read, write, and speak English; basic computer skills.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills, along with customer service skills.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies decisively, composedly, and respectfully.
• Excellent time management skills; practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills, including strong critical thinking.