RN - Acute Care - Ortho Surgical -Full-Time Night Shift

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •Licensed RN
• •Knowledgeable and upholds the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act
• •Implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association
• •Upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures
• •Supports service excellence goals
• •Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence based practice
• •Uses analytical/critical thinking
• •Ensures that care is individualized
• •Coordinates care through effective partnerships
• •Recognizes that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes
• •Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g. age, gender, disease, etc)
• •Adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity
• •Provides bedside shift report
• •Keeps the patient and significant others updated
• •Makes the patients goals the focus of the plan of care
• •Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care
• •Promotes the professional care delivery model
• •Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration
• •Practices in a manner that is fiscally responsible
• •Promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members
• •Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders
• •Participates in research and research utilization
• •Initiates and/or leads activities to promote safe, quality patient care
• •Promotes an inter/intra-disciplinary process
• •Actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system
• •Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines)
• •Ensures that there is a current and future qualified workforce
• •Models the professional practice of nursing
• •Creates a healthy work environment
• •Promotes Evidence based practice
• •Promotes nursing research
• •Promotes 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 health care system/organizational policies and procedures
• •Upholds clinical competencies put forth by this job description
• •Upholds legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards
• •Ensures such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes
• •Participates in data collection
• •Poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice
• •Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum
• •Gives direct patient care
• •Participates in the development of protocols and procedures
• •Collaborates with care managers and other members of the health care team
• •Achieves best practice outcomes
• •Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources
• •Complies with all WellStar Health System policies
• •Complies with standards of work
• •Complies with code of conduct
• •Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing
• •RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• •Less than 1 year Completion of accredited/ approved school of nursing with requisition clinical hours
• •Direct patient care experience

Desired Qualifications

• •Night shift availability
• •Direct patient care experience