Registered Nurse Acuity Adaptable
$77,896–$119,163 year
On-siteAlbany, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care using the nursing process, therapeutic interventions, and evidence-based practice. Direct the interdisciplinary team through delegation and collaboration while managing time, supplies, and resources to coordinate patient delivery. Review clinical outcomes and patient/family satisfaction to revise care plans as needed, ensuring accurate documentation and adherence to legal and ethical standards. Provide patient education, referrals, and follow-up support once care outcomes are met. Requires current RN license, BLS certification, and BSN within four years of hire. Shifts are 3/12 hours with 36 weekly hours.
Required Qualifications
- Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in state of practice
- Valid compact licenses must be transferred to the state of practice within 60 days of the start of employment
- Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- Bachelor's degree in nursing (BSN). Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified
- Med Surg/Stepdown with preferably one year experience
- Ability to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies
- Ability to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy
- Ability to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients
- Ability to bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment
- Ability to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment
- Ability to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time
- Ability to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles
- Assess physical, social, and psychological status (including cognitive, communicative, and developmental skills as appropriate)
- Uses assessment information and critical thinking skills to collaboratively develop individualized plan of care
- Directs the interdisciplinary care team via delegation, coordination, and collaboration as appropriate
- Provides or delegates care consistent with plan of care, guidelines of care and professional licensure provisions
- Demonstrates the ability to set priorities and to coordinate and organize patient care delivery through effectively managing time, supplies, and resources
- Evaluates patient response to interventions through review of achievement of goals, clinical outcomes, patient, and family satisfaction
- Revises plan of care as indicated and reassesses changes as appropriate
- Promotes nursing profession and participate in development of others
- Integrates legal and ethical standards into practice
- Complies with regulatory standards
- Practices within scope of licensure
- Provides accurate & timely documentation
- Understands legal implications of care delivery
- Patient Care Delivery
- Nursing Fundamentals
- Interdisciplinary Teams
- Documentations
- Professional Etiquette
- Accountability
- Patient Care Coordination
- Communication
- Patient Evaluation
- Critical Thinking
Desired Qualifications
- Med Surg/Stepdown with preferably one year experience
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) is required as of the job description's last update on 4/27/2025. Employees hired or promoted prior to this date will be held to the minimum requirements that were in place at the time of their promotion or hire
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