Night Rapid Response Nurse: Critical Care Impact

Wellstar Health System; Austell (GA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System is seeking a Night Shift Rapid Response Team Nurse to coordinate RRT assessments, interventions, and documentation, ensuring optimal patient outcomes. You will work under the Nurse Manager, educating staff and developing RRT guidelines in a fast-paced clinical setting.

Requirements include 2 years in critical care, RN license (GA or compact), ACLS/BLS, and strong communication and multitasking skills.

Qualifications

• Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred.
• Current American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support credentials upon hire required.

Responsibilities

• Responds to RRT calls.
• Coordinates patient care during events including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of outcomes.
• Communicates with medical staff, nursing staff, other disciplines and departments as required to ensure optimal patient outcomes.
• Intervenes in patient crisis to promote quality patient care.
• Documents assessment, interventions, and outcomes in patient medical record; utilizes SBAR documentation.
• Develops and implements clinical practice guidelines for RRT.
• Monitors patient outcomes and conducts follow-up as required.
• Assess patient and family or support system needs.
• Educates patient, families or support system as required and documents.
• Educates staff pertaining to RRT.
• Collects, monitors, and trends RRT data.
• Analyzes data to determine opportunities for improvement; reports findings to medical staff and nursing leadership as requested.
• Recommends improvements required to promote optimal patient outcomes to medical staff and nursing leadership.
• Initiates and implements improvements related to RRT based on data trends.
• Analyzes patient code data to identify trends and makes recommendations for improvements based on data.
• Monitors near miss events to identify and initiate prevention measures to promote quality patient care.
• Serves as professional role model within professional nursing utilizing professional clinical judgment.
• Serves as a mentor in the development of peers and clinical staff.
• Liaison between medical staff and patients and families.
• Creates and maintains supportive work environment conducive to quality patient care including taking corrective action when needed.
• Supports fiscal accountability for human and material resources.
• Collaborates with Nurse Manager to recruit and retain staff.
• Supports performance improvement initiatives designed to promote quality patient care.
• Promotes professional nursing practice through shared governance, evidence-based practice and ethical accountability.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Skills

Nursing

Critical care

Communication

Coordination

Delegation

Multitasking

Time management

Ethics

Computer skills

Education

Associate degree in Nursing

Diploma in Nursing

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Job description

Wellstar Health System is seeking a Night Shift Rapid Response Team Nurse to coordinate RRT assessments, interventions, and documentation, ensuring optimal patient outcomes. You will work under the Nurse Manager, educating staff and developing RRT guidelines in a fast-paced clinical setting.

Requirements include 2 years in critical care, RN license (GA or compact), ACLS/BLS, and strong communication and multitasking skills.