Pediatric Registered Nurse – Day Shift

Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking an experienced registered nurse to provide direct patient care on a day shift within a dynamic interdisciplinary team. The role emphasizes age-appropriate, family-centered care and leveraging decision support tools to guide clinical judgments.

Applicants must hold a nursing degree with Georgia licensure; at least 1 year of experience is required and pediatric experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Performs nursing process across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care.
• Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
• Provides patient and family education appropriate for identified learning needs.

Responsibilities

• Performs nursing process across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care.
• Integrates values and language preferences into healthcare delivery through a culturally sensitive process.
• Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
• Utilizes appropriate documentation tools to record, measure, and retrieve healthcare data.
• Provides patient and family education appropriate for identified learning needs.
• Utilizes resources to plan and provide nursing care that is safe, effective, and financially responsible.
• Participates in lifelong learning to maintain knowledge and competence that reflects current nursing practice.
• Incorporates new knowledge into nursing practice to support desired outcomes.
• Maintains professional records that provide evidence of competence and learning.
• Self-evaluates professional practice in relation to performance, development, resiliency, and goals.
• Takes action to achieve goals identified during performance review, resulting in change in practice and role performance.
• Provides oversight for nursing care given by unlicensed personnel while retaining accountability for patient care quality.
• Engages in ethical practices utilizing principles from The Code of Ethics for Nurses.
• Maintains therapeutic and professional relationships with appropriate role boundaries.
• Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
• Consults, contributes to, and coordinates care with interdisciplinary healthcare team members.
• Demonstrates investment in others through teaching/coaching/helper roles.
• Demonstrates support of shared leadership through awareness of initiatives and providing input.
• Drives and effectively facilitates timely admission, transfer, and discharge process for unit, ensuring efficient and safe patient flow.
• Integrates evidence and research findings into clinical judgement and nursing practice.
• Participates in monitoring activities within work environment to maintain a culture of safety.
• Identifies and communicates hazards and errors.
• Participates in quality and process improvement activities to improve patient outcome and workflows.
• Ensures equipment is in working order to provide safe patient care.
• Demonstrates commitment and flexibility through times of change.

Skills

Nursing

Patient care

Teamwork

Communication

Education

BSN

Job description

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is seeking an experienced registered nurse to provide direct patient care on a day shift within a dynamic interdisciplinary team. The role emphasizes age-appropriate, family-centered care and leveraging decision support tools to guide clinical judgments.

Applicants must hold a nursing degree with Georgia licensure; at least 1 year of experience is required and pediatric experience is preferred.