Registered Nurse (RN) Medical Surgical-FT-Days

2510 Cobb Hospital, Inc.; Georgia; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Wellstar is hiring an RN Clinical Nurse in Georgia to join an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers. The role focuses on delivering individualized high-quality, safe patient care under nurse managers and the Wellstar governance model.

A $10,000 sign-on bonus is offered for qualified candidates. The ideal candidate will be licensed as an RN in Georgia, demonstrate evidence-based practice, and participate in professional development within a culture of excellence and

Qualifications

• RN licensure required in Georgia.
• Must adhere to the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and ANA Code of Ethics.

Responsibilities

• Performs the Nursing Process with evidence-based practice to deliver individualized patient care.
• Provides relationship-based, patient-centered care respecting cultural diversity.
• Partners with patients and families using bedside shift report, interdisciplinary rounds, and planned patient teaching.
• Practices using current clinical practice standards and evidence-based guidelines.
• Coordinates safe, high-quality patient care and documentation across the care team.
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration while supporting governance and performance improvement.

Education

Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

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.

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$10,000 Sign On Bonus for Qualified Candidates!!!
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.

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
• 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. Performs other duties as assigned

Required Minimum Education

Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s)

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated. RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor

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 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. Nationally ranked and locally recognized for our high-quality care and inclusive culture, Wellstar is one of Georgia’s largest and most integrated healthcare systems. Every day, 24,000+ of us work together to provide personalized care for patients at every age and stage of life – and our team members are the foundation of that care.

Mission, Vision & Values

At a time when the healthcare industry is changing rapidly, Wellstar remains committed to exceeding patients’ and team members’ expectations, while transforming healthcare delivery.

OUR MISSION: To enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve.

OUR VISION: Deliver world-class healthcare to every person, every time.

OUR VALUES: We serve with compassion We pursue excellence We honor every voice

Culture of Excellence: Wellstar consistently receives attention and accolades from national organizations that set the standards for world‑class care. Our system‑wide practice of safety principles, assessing and addressing errors and seeking feedback from our patients and customers continually earns recognition for advances in safety and quality. Featured on the FORTUNE “100 Best Companies to Work For” list and Seramount 100 Best Companies list, we not only provide top‑notch care for our patients, but also foster the culture of Wellstar as a Great Place to Work.