Registered Nurse RN - General Medical - FT Days Gainesville

nghs; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeast Georgia Health System is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide direct patient care within a collaborative interdisciplinary team. The role emphasizes leadership on the unit, mentoring, and participation in quality improvement activities while maintaining patient safety and satisfaction.

Ideal candidates will have an ADN with experience or a BSN, with current Georgia RN licensure and national certification.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia; current National Professional Certification required.
• Associate's Degree; ADN or Diploma required.
• BSN preferred or required depending on role experience.

Responsibilities

• Serves as a charge nurse ensuring patient care is provided in a cost-effective, quality-driven manner.
• Leads teams and participates in NGMC committee/council activities.
• Models healthy work environment behaviors and fosters trust and empathy among staff.
• Engages in quality improvement activities and applies evidence-based practice.
• Precepts students, nurse residents, and experienced nurses as needed.
• Utilizes basic computer skills to operate unit computer systems.

Education

ADN or Diploma

BSN (preferred)

Job description

Job Category

Nursing - Registered Nurse

Work Shift/Schedule

12 Hr Morning - Evening

About the Role

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

Job Summary

Capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. Participates as a member on PNGC councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate. Actively participates on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. Works together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team. For the new graduate clinical RN: focuses primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients. Responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process, and for coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes. Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

Minimum Job Qualifications

Licensure or other certifications

Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia. Current National Professional Certification required.

Educational Requirements

Associate's Degree. ADN or Diploma required.

Minimum Experience

ADN with 5 years of experience. BSN with 3 years of experience. Demonstrated competence in RN II performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire.

NGHS Classes attendance required

Clinical Preceptor Course, DPM Huddle Facilitation Class, Charge Nurse Development Course (ANPD Frontline Nurse Leader Program.)

Preferred Job Qualifications

Preferred Educational Requirements

BSN

Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines
• Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service
• Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice
• Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model
• Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

Essential Tasks and Responsibilities

Transformational Leadership

• Serves as a charge nurse and ensures appropriate patient care is provided in a cost effective, quality driven and patient focused manner
• Serves on teams and leads teams as a part of daily practice
• Participates in 1 NGMC committee/council
• Role models healthy work environment behaviors and practices that include fostering trust among co-workers, assuming good intent, and displaying empathy and support for one another

Exemplary Professional Practice

• Serves as a role model for the unit in incorporating national and organizational goals to improve quality, patient safety, and satisfaction
• Role models communication skills and is able to articulate and translate the patient's condition to physicians, advanced practice providers and other colleagues; effectively incorporates Safety behavior and error prevention tools
• If applicable, participates in at least one Advanced training skill not required of all registered nurses on the unit
• Role models Sister Simone Roach's theory by incorporating the seven Cs of Caring: Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity into daily work and practice

New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement

• Seeks opportunity to share knowledge and expertise with other members of the healthcare team
• Supports continuous learning on the unit by sharing research material from professional journals and/or organizations
• Actively participates in quality improvement activities
• Actively participates in implementing evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice
• Assists in facilitating unit-based education, in-services, and skills validation
• Serves as a preceptor as needed for students, nurse residents and experienced nurses

Structural Empowerment

• Advocates for cultural intellig