Registered Nurse RN - Ortho/Neuro Surgical - FT Days

nghs; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeast Georgia Health System is seeking an RN for the Ortho/Neuro unit, a 26-bed area providing care for joint replacements, neurosurgery and trauma patients. The role emphasizes safe, compassionate nursing and teamwork on a busy, collaborative unit.

The RN will deliver patient- and family-centered care, apply evidence-based practice, and participate in ongoing professional development while supporting NGHS’s commitment to community health.

Qualifications

• Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required.
• Minimum 1 year RN experience; demonstrates competence per RN I expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective nursing care on the Orthopedic-Neurosurgery unit.
• Lead and participate in interdisciplinary rounds and care planning.
• Communicate clearly with patients, families and colleagues at all levels.
• Demonstrate evidence-based practice and professional growth within NGHS governance.

Skills

RN licensure GA

RN experience 1 year

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

Ortho/Neuro is a 26-bed nursing unit with two rooms equipped to be utilized as negative pressure rooms and 2 rooms equipped with bariatric ceiling lifts. As an Orthopedic Neurosurgery unit, care is rendered to a variety of patients including but not limited to:

• Elective orthopedic joint replacement surgeries (hip, knee, shoulder)
• Neurosurgical surgeries (neck, back, brain)
• Orthopedic trauma in times of high census

Medical overflow in times of high census Patients receive physical, emotional, spiritual and psychosocial support for themselves and their families. N4G collaborates with a Joints in Motion program which provides comprehensive pre and post op education for the total joint population.

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 approp