Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care - Centralized Nursing - FT Nights - MedSurg

ClickJobs.io; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated RN Clinical Nurse to join their dynamic team at a leading healthcare facility. This full-time role focuses on providing high-quality, individualized patient care while collaborating with a diverse team of professionals. The ideal candidate will possess strong critical thinking and interpersonal skills, ensuring optimal patient outcomes through evidence-based practices. With opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment, this position is perfect for those looking to make a significant impact in healthcare. Don't miss your chance to be part of a transformative healthcare experience!

Benefits

Sign-on Bonus

Relocation Assistance

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in nursing required; Bachelor's preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and critical thinking skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Perform nursing processes and provide patient-centered care.
• Coordinate care delivery and documentation for quality outcomes.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Critical Thinking

Analytical Skills

Customer Service

Time Management

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Tools

Basic Computer Skills

Job description

Facility: Cobb Hospital

This role is Full Time days at our Cobb Hospital.

Apply today and interview virtually this week!

Sign on bonus eligible as well as relocation assistance.

Overview
The RN Clinical Nurse 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 administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and are supported through the Wellstar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model and evidence-based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the Wellstar Values.

It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable, and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implement 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 upholds the voice of the patient, system policies, and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.


Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Exemplary Practice and Outcomes:
  A. Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice, analytical/critical thinking, and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieving optimal patient care outcomes.
  B. Provides relationship-based patient-centered care that is consistent with population-specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease, etc.) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
  C. Always partners 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).
  D. Practices using current clinical practice standards.
• Teamwork and Collaboration:
  A. Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. This includes, but is not limited to, diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
  B. Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
  C. Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process and actively supporting/participating in shared governance at all levels in the system.
• Professional Development and Initiative:
  A. Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessments, required mandatory education, and population-specific education.
  B. Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce, modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment.
• Evidence-Based Practice and Research:
  A. Promotes evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
  B. Upholds all healthcare 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.
  C. Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice. Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
• Resources and Support:
  A. Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
  B. Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the healthcare team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc.).
  C. Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
• Required for All Jobs:
  Performs other duties as assigned.
  Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Qualifications
Required Minimum Education:
Associate's Degree in nursing or Graduate of accredited/approved school of nursing Required.
Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred.
Required Minimum Experience:

• Ability to read, write and speak English language, optimize the use of technology to support clinical care and holds basic computer skills.
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills along with customer service skills required.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies in a decisive, composed, and respectful manner.
• Possess excellent time management skills; practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills.
• Practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills along with possessing strong critical thinking skills.

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
Reg Nurse (Single State) Required.
RN - Multi-state Compact Required.
Basic Life Support Required.
BLS - Instructor Required.
BLS - Provisional Required.