Registered Nurse - (RN) -PRN

Northeast Georgia Health System; Gainesville (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Northeast Georgia Health System in Georgia is seeking a registered nurse to join an interdisciplinary team focused on safe patient care and continuous improvement. The role emphasizes collaboration with care teams and participation in governance activities to enhance patient experience and clinical outcomes.

Licensed RN in Georgia with an Associate’s Degree is required; a BSN and national certification are preferred. New graduates may enter the RN Residency Program.

Qualifications

• Must be licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Must hold an Associate’s Degree.
• Must have at least one year of experience as a professional RN.
• New graduate RNs or those with less than one year will be referred to the RN Residency Program.
• National certification in a clinical specialty is preferred.
• Bachelor of Nursing Degree is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Resumes and administers 5 rights of medication and coordinates care for patients.
• Documents nursing processes in the EMR and participates in interdepartmental care.
• Engages in unit leadership activities and supports shared governance initiatives.
• Plans discharge and contributes to a culture of safety and quality indicators.

Skills

Nursing

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Patient communication

Evidence-based practice

Clinical leadership

Education

Associate’s Degree

Bachelor of Nursing

Tools

Electronic Medical Record (EMR)

Job description

Job Category

Registered Nurse

Work Shift/Schedule

Varies

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. Is a professional member of VOICE professional nursing shared governance providing feedback on issues being addressed at meetings. Participates as a member on VOICE 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

• Must be licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia
• Must hold an Associate’s Degree
• Must have at least one year of experience as a professional RN. New graduate RNs or those with less than one year of experience will be referred to the RN Residency Program.

Preferred Job Qualifications

• National certification in a clinical specialty
• Bachelor of Nursing Degree
• One year experience in Long Term Care
• Membership in a professional organization

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 for others and fosters customer service.
• Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice.
• Demonstrates personal mastery, self‑ and other‑leadership as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports the NGHS shared governance model.
• Must have basic computer skills necessary to operate the computer systems used on unit.

Essential Tasks And Responsibilities

• Resumes and administers 5 rights of medication, manages care for basic patient assignments and progresses to care for increasingly complex patients, accurately documents all aspects of the nursing process using the electronic medical record, understands and complies with all DNV standards, accesses and follows policies, evaluates patient response to interventions and adjusts the plan of care, consistently coordinates interdisciplinary care, uses resources effectively to reduce waste, participates in PI processes, participates in maintaining and monitoring the work environment for compliance with DNV regulations, coordinates discharge planning, contributes to a culture of safety.
• Includes patient and family in patient care, provides effective education appropriate for learning needs, demonstrates appropriate customer service behaviors, participates in organizational and unit based customer service initiatives.
• Plans patient care based on assessment, displays basic prioritization and time management skills, evaluates patient’s response to interventions, seeks support to adjust the plan, utilizes resources to increase understanding of unfamiliar patient populations, recognizes signs of deteriorating patient and accesses appropriate resources, reads nursing research/EBP articles, participates in discharge planning with increasing responsibility, demonstrates ability to recognize and anticipate changes, recognizes nursing practice trends and questions care in relation to evidence based practice, consistently prioritizes patient care.
• Supports unit goals, demonstrates support of shared governance through awareness of initiatives, completes a professional development plan and shows progress on personal learning goals, supervises and ensures completion of task assigned to ancillary/support staff, participates in the enhancement of the nursing profession and supporting the community, delegates tasks, seeks resources, takes input, serves in a unit leadership role, serves as the Nurse in Charge as necessary fulfilling responsibilities: patient flow, matches resources to patients for shift, escalates concerns using chain of command.

Physical Demands

• Weight lifted: up to 100 lbs; occasionally 0‑30% of time.
• Weight carried: up to 50 lbs; occasionally 0‑30% of time.
• Vision moderate; frequently 31‑65% of time.
• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending, Standing/Walking, Pushing/Pulling, Intensity of Work: frequently 31‑65% of time.
• Job requires reading, writing, reasoning, talking, keyboarding.

Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals.

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Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.