Extended Assignment Travel Team - Emergency Department RN, Nights

American Geriatrics Society; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 82,656 - 123,984; Full time

Job summary

The Extended Assignment Travel RN - Emergency Department is a travel nursing role in the ED, working night shifts in a surge staffing model. The 13-week contract runs Oct 1–March 31, with potential to take additional 8–13 week contracts in between.

On assignment, RNs will be scheduled for about 36 hours per week, with no guaranteed hours or benefits offered. Prior travel experience is strongly preferred for this position.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in nursing or Diploma in nursing ( BSN preferred).
• Current RN license (single state or multi-state compact).
• BLS, PALS, TNCC, ACLS certifications required or instructor where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide ED nursing care during night shifts in a travel assignment.
• Adhere to evidence-based practice and WellStar-style care standards as applicable.
• Coordinate with interdisciplinary team to ensure safe, high-quality patient care.

Education

RN Licensure (Single State) or RN-COMPACT

BLS

PALS

TNCC

ACLS

Travel nursing experience

Job description

Work Shift

Night (United States of America)

Nights Only - 7p-7a

Previous Travel experience strongly preferred.

A 13 week contract is required during surge season (Oct-March) BEFORE a candidate can be considered for PRN shifts during non-peak months.

Program Commitment

• Team Members are required to complete: 1 (one) 13-week assignment between Oct 1st - March 31st (surge season) each year, with the option to work additional 8-13 week contracts in between.
• While on assignment, Team Members will be scheduled 36 hours/week.
• Team Members function under a contingency staffing model as a PRN Team Member (since only held to 1 contract per year), with no guaranteed hours, and no benefits offered.
• All scheduling is done at the unit level, with no self scheduling.
• Team Members are required to work 3 (three) Mondays and/or Fridays, and 3 (three) Saturdays and/or Sundays in a 4-week scheduling period.

Job Summary

The Extended Assignment Travel RN - Emergency Department 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 that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence-based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies. It is expected that all Internal Agency RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by effectively communicating information, responding to request, building rapport, participating in team problem solving methods, and upholding system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

Exemplary Practice and Outcomes

• Perform the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice, analytic and critical thinking, and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinate care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieving optimal patient care outcomes.
• Provide relationship-based patient-centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics, and adapt service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
• Always partner with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., 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).
• Practice using current clinical practice standards.

Teamwork and Collaboration

• Coordinate the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model.
• Engage in diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.).
• Complete timely documentation and promote a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
• Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a fiscally responsible manner and promoting the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
• Participate and support performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities and promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process.
• Actively support or participate in shared governance at all levels in the system.

Professional Development and Initiative

• Complete all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education.
• Serve 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 the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment.

Evidence Based Practice and Research

• Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing; participate in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Uphold all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association, including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards, ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and WellStar Health Systems safety absolutes.
• Participate in data collection, pose relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice, consult appropriate experts and use appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.

Resources and Support

• Proactively plan for the care of patients across the care continuum while giving direct patient care.
• Participate in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes.
• Support efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education

• Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• PALS - Pediatric Adv Life Support or ARC-PALS - Amer Red Cross Pediatric Advanced Life Support or PALS-I - PALS - Instructor
• TNCC - Trauma Nurse Core Course or ATCN - Adv Trauma Care for Nurses Cer
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ARC-ALS - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor

Additional License(s) and Cer

Information regarding additional licenses and certifications may be provided upon request.