Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Telemetry/ Congestive Heart Failure

Wellstar Health Systems, Inc.; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

WellStar Yellow Tower is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for Cardiac Telemetry/CHF on the Night shift. The role is full-time, joining an interdisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, evidence-based patient care within Wellstar's governance framework.

Ideal candidates hold an Associate's Degree in Nursing (Bachelor's preferred) with RN licensure (single state or multi-state compact) and current BLS/ACLS certifications. The Wellstar system emphasizes professional practice and shared governance.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in nursing or Graduate of accredited/approved school of nursing Required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred
• Less than 1 year Completion of accredited/ approved school of nursing with requisition clinical hours Required
• direct patient care experience Preferred
• Reg Nurse (Single State) Required
• RN - Multi-state Compact Required
• Basic Life Support Required
• BLS - Instructor Required
• BLS - Provisional Required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Required
• ACLS - Instructor Required
• ACLS - Provisional Required
• Additional Licenses and Certifications

Responsibilities

• Exemplary Practice and Outcomes: perform nursing process with evidence-based care and individualized planning
• Provide patient-centered care respecting age, gender, disease and culture
• Engage with patient and families through bedside reports, rounds, and education
• Practice using current clinical standards
• Teamwork and Collaboration: coordinate safe quality patient care and documentation
• Promote fiscal responsibility and recruitment/retention of healthcare team members
• Support performance improvement and shared governance at all levels
• Professional Development and Initiative: complete competency assessments and education
• Serve as a preceptor/mentor for staff and students
• Evidence Based Practice and Research: promote evidence-based practice and nursing research
• Participate in data collection and address practice questions with appropriate resources
• Resources and Support: plan care across continuum and develop protocols with care managers
• Support efficient use of resources
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Complies with WellStar policies and code of conduct

Education

Associate's Degree in nursing

Bachelor's Degree Nursing

Job description

Work Shift

Night (United States of America)

WellStar Yellow Tower has an opportunity for a Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Telemetry/ Congestive Heart Failure

Full Time - Night Shift

Overview

The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers 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 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 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 upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Responsibilities

• 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 base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve 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 such appropriate method 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 supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.
• Professional Development and Initiative
  A.Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education.
  B.Serves as a preceptor and/or 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 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
  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 health care 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

• Associate's Degree in nursing or Graduate of accredited/approved school of nursing Required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred
• Less than 1 year Completion of accredited/ approved school of nursing with requisition clinical hours Required
• direct patient care experience Preferred
• Required Minimum Skills
• Reg Nurse (Single State) Required
• RN - Multi-state Compact Required
• Basic Life Support Required
• BLS - Instructor Required
• BLS - Provisional Required
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Required
• ACLS - Instructor Required
• ACLS - Provisional Required
• Additional Licenses and Certifications

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