Registered Nurse RN - PCCU/IMCU - Full Time Days

nghs; Braselton (GA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $15,000

Relocation assistance (50+ miles)

Career growth opportunities

Competitive salary & benefits

Job summary

Northeast Georgia Health System in Braselton is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join the IMCU/PCCU Medical Intermediate Care and Progressive Cardiac Care unit. The 24-bed unit provides care for medical and progressive cardiac patients with advanced monitoring and respiratory support as needed.

Ideal candidates hold Georgia RN licensure, an ADN or Diploma, with BSN preferred; 1 year RN experience.

Qualifications

• Licensed RN in Georgia.
• Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required.
• At least 1 year RN experience, or eligible upon hire.
• BSN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead care team as RN I and participate in interdisciplinary rounds.
• Promote effective transitions across the care continuum.
• Apply the nursing process to meet patient and family needs.

Skills

Critical care nursing

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient monitoring

Nursing leadership

Education

ADN or Diploma

BSN preferred

Tools

Electronic Health Records

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

Braselton IMCU/PCCUMedical Intermediate Care and Progressive Cardiac CareA 24-bed Medical IMC and PCCU unit. Care is provided for a variety of intermediate care medical patients and progressive cardiac care patients including but not limited to:General Medical Patients requiring more frequent monitoringPatients requiring more frequent monitoring, which may include advanced respiratory support such as BiPap, HiFlo Oxygen, and VapothermEndocrine Emergencies requiring more frequent monitoringGastroenterology requiring more frequent monitoringAlcohol withdrawal with CIWA score Chest PainAcute Coronary SyndromeStable Acute Myocardial InfarctionHeart FailureDysrhythmiasPatients requiring administration of specific cardiac drugs

Services provided include

• Central Venous Pressure (CVP) Monitoring
• Removal of arterial and venous sheaths
• Chest tube care and management
• Arterial site management
• Epidural/PCA management
• Tracheostomy care
• Cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring

Earn Up to $15,000 Sign-On Bonus!

Experienced RNs, join our team in an acute care setting and receive up to a $15,000 sign-on bonus!

Why Us?

• Up to $15,000 bonus based on experience
• Competitive salary & benefits
• Career growth opportunities
• Relocation assistance available (over 50-mile radius)

We value your expertise and are here to support your success.

Bonus and relocation terms apply.

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.

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

Preferred Job Qualifications

Preferred Licensure or other certifications: 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

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

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 speci