RN Neuro Acute/Spine

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 simple, yet powerful: 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.

About the role

Work Shift: Night (United States of America)

Responsibilities

• Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of 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, etc.) 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 report, interdisciplinary rounds, just-in-time and planned patient teaching, keeping the patient and significant others updated, and making the patient’s goals the focus of the plan of care.
• Practices using current clinical practice standards.
• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model, including diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.), timely documentation, and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a fiscally responsible manner and promoting recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
• Participates and supports performance improvement, including all stakeholders, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care, such as initiating and/or leading activities and promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process while actively supporting shared governance at all levels.
• 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.
• 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 (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 resources to address practice questions.
• Proactively plans for patient care across the continuum while providing direct patient care.
• Participates in developing protocols and procedures in collaboration with care managers and other healthcare team members to achieve best practice outcomes (e.g., decrease in re-admission 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 or Nursing Diploma required; Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.
• Current RN license (Single State or Multi-state Compact).
• BLS certification (Basic Life Support) or equivalent (e.g., American Red Cross BLS, BLS-Instructor).
• ACLS certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) or equivalent (e.g., American Red Cross ALS, ACLS-Instructor, or ACLS-Provisional within 180 days of hire).
• Minimum 2 years of current experience in the specified area of practice.
• Computer/data entry experience required; Epic and 3M experience preferred.