Registered Nurse RN Neuro Medical FT Day

Northeast Georgia Medical Center; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeast Georgia Health System in Gainesville, GA is seeking a Registered Nurse to join the Neuro/Medical unit. This role provides care to mixed neuro patients, using evidence-based practice and strong collaboration with the care team.

The RN will deliver safe, patient-centered care, participate in interdisciplinary rounds, and support shared governance while maintaining high clinical standards and compassionate patient interactions.

Qualifications

• Licensure as an RN in Georgia.
• Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required
• Minimum of 1 year RN experience; demonstrated competence or eligible on hire

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe, effective nursing care per unit standards.
• Lead interdisciplinary rounds to ensure appropriate care and smooth transitions.
• Apply nursing process to meet clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients and families.
• Delegate appropriately while maintaining accountability for care quality.
• Communicate clearly with physicians, APPs, and the broader care team.
• Support unit-based governance and professional practice initiatives.

Skills

Interdisciplinary rounds

Communication

Leadership

Education

ADN

Diploma

Job description

Job Category:

Nursing - Registered Nurse

Work Shift/Schedule:

12 Hr Morning - Evening

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

About the Role:

Job Summary

Neuro/Medical is a 36-bed Neuro medical and Intermediate Care nursing unit. As a mixed Neuro unit, care is rendered to a variety of intermediate care neuro patients and standard acute neuro patients including but not limited to:

• Lower to high acuity ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke patients
• Patients post 25-hour from thrombolytic treatment
• Patients requiring continuous EEG monitoring
• Patients with other neurological disorders such as Guillain-Barre' Syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, and ALS
• Patients with hemodynamic instability needing antiarrhythmic
• Chest tube care and management
• Epidural/PCA management
• Tracheostomy care

Minimum Job Qualifications

Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.

Educational Requirements: Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required

Minimum Experience: At least 1 year of RN experience - Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire

Other:

Preferred Job Qualifications

Preferred Licensure or other certifications: BSN

Preferred Educational Requirements:

Preferred Experience:

Other:

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

Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance.

Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility

Leads interdisciplinary rounds to facilitate appropriateness of care and smooth transitions across the continuum

Positively impacts the work environment by displaying respect for individuals and the organization

Exemplary Professional Practice

Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

Effectively applies the nursing process within the framework of the organization's professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family

Demonstrates initiative and seeks formal and informal opportunities to improve clinical practice within specialty area

Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical and spiritual issues within the episode of care

Effectively delegates care as appropriate while retaining accountability for the quality of care given to patients and families

Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team including physicians and advanced practice providers; incorporates Safety behavior and error prevention tools

Incorporates Sister Simone Roach's 7 Cs of Caring: Ctheory by incorporating the seven Cs of Caring: Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity into daily work and practice

New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement

Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice

Identifies opportunities for quality improvement to colleagues and management.

Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice

Ensures improvements in the practice setting by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.

Serves as a resource for students

Structural Empowerment

Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:

Demonstrates an understanding of cultural intelligence, diversity, equity, and inclusion, lateral violence, and impairment and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships

Demonstrating deep interdependence by valuing team member contributions, talents, and skills

Models safe work hours, time management, efficiency, and stewardship

Supports unit-based shared governance activities while on duty

Actively participates in unit-based selfcare activities.

Continually evaluate work processes with the goal of improvement, to achieve our strategic initiatives

Achieves and maintains de-escalation training certification as appropriate for work unit

Empirical Outcomes

Demonstrates competence in RN I performanc