RN - Registered Nurse - OR - Full Time - 7:00 am - 5:30 pm

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
• Uses resources effectively to reduce waste
• Participates in PI processes
• Participates in maintaining and monitoring the work environment to ensure compliance with DNV regulations
• Coordinates discharge planning
• 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
• 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

Requirements

Minimum Job Qualifications: Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in GeorgiaEducational Requirements: Associates DegreeMinimum Experience: Completion Peri-op 101 or equivalent and or experience in a procedural areaOther: 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.

Qualifications

Preferred Licensure or other certifications: National certification in clinical specialtyPreferred Educational Requirements: Bachelor of Nursing DegreePreferred Experience: Two years of experience in specialty nursing field (Operating Room)

Skills

Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelinesActively 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 serviceEffectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practiceDemonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance modelBasic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

Benefits

Physical Demands: Weight Lifted: Up to 100 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of timeWeight Carried: Up to 50 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of timeVision: Moderate, Frequently 31-65% of timeKneeling/Stooping/Bending: Frequently 31-65%Standing/Walking: Frequently 31-65%Pushing/Pulling: Frequently 31-65%Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65%

Pay

Commensurate with experience

Schedule

10 Hr Morning - Afternoon