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

Confidential; Marietta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for Cardiac Telemetry/CHF to join the Night Shift team. The RN will be part of an interdisciplinary group delivering high-quality, safe patient care in a Wellstar environment that emphasizes evidence-based practice and shared governance.

The role requires an Associate's Degree in Nursing, current Georgia RN license, BLS, and a willingness to work night hours in a fast-paced cardiac care unit.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in nursing; RN licensure required.
• BLS certification required; ACLS certification preferred.
• Experience with cardiac telemetry and cardiac care preferred.
• Ability to work night shift and in a team environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct nursing process with evidence-based care and ensure individualized patient care.
• Provide patient-centered care respecting age, gender, disease, and cultural diversity.
• Coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams and ensure timely documentation and communication.
• Support performance improvement initiatives and participate in shared governance.

Skills

Nursing

CardiacTelemetry

PatientCare

Teamwork

EvidenceBasedPractice

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

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

Core Responsibilites and Essential Functions

• 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 centred 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.

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

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

• Less than 1 year Completion of accredited/ approved school of nursing with requisition clinical hours Required
• direct patient care experience Preferred

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
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Required
• ACLS - Instructor Required
• ACLS - Provisional Required

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