Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department - Nights

Wellstar Health System; LaGrange (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health system is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Nurse (RN) for their Emergency Department. This full-time night position demands strong clinical capabilities and adherence to nursing standards, ensuring quality patient care in a collaborative environment. Join Wellstar Health System to make a significant impact on patient outcomes in a supportive, innovative healthcare setting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year RN experience required.
• Must be licensed as RN under Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act.
• Ability to read, write, and speak English.

Responsibilities

• Perform the Nursing Process and patient assessments.
• Provide relationship-based patient-centered care.
• Coordinate interdisciplinary communication for patient care.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Customer Service

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN)

Diploma from an accredited nursing program

Tools

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Job description

Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department - Nights

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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.

Job Summary

The RN Clinical Nurse Emergency Department 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 Emergency Services 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.

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 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 patients 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
  
  

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.
  
  

Evidence Based Practice and Research

• 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.
• 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
• 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.
  
  

Performs other duties as assigned

Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education

• Diploma from an accredited nursing program Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing Required and
• Bachelor's Degree Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing Preferred
  
  

Required Minimum License(s) And Certification(s)

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN - Multi-state Compact
• Basic Life Support or BLS - Instructor
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS - Instructor or ACLS - Provisional
• Pediatric Adv Life Support-Preferred or PALS - Instructor-Preferred or PALS - Provisional-Preferred
  
  

Required Minimum Experience

• Minimum 1 year RN experience required
  
  

Required Minimum Skills

• 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 using a decisive, composed and respectful manner
• Possess excellent time management skills
• practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills along with possessing strong critical thinking skills.
  
  

Join us and discover the support to do more meaningful work—and enjoy a more rewarding life. Connect with the most integrated health system in Georgia, and start a future that gives you more.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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