Registered Nurse (RN) - Rapid Response @ Cobb Hospital

WellStar Health System; United States; Sur place; USD 90 000 - 115 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Wellstar Health System is seeking a Rapid Response Team (RRT) Nurse to provide skilled, compassionate care during nights. You will coordinate assessments, prioritize interventions, and ensure safe delivery of age-appropriate care, while documenting outcomes and collaborating with the care team.

As an experienced critical care nurse, you will educate staff, develop guidelines, monitor data trends, and support ongoing quality improvement within Wellstar’s integrated health system in Georgia.

Qualifications

• ACLS and BLS certifications required on hire
• Current Georgia RN license on hire preferred
• Minimum 2 years of nursing practice in a critical care environment

Responsabilités

• Responds to RRT calls and coordinates patient care during events
• Communicates with medical staff and departments to ensure outcomes
• Documents assessments and interventions in patient records
• Develops and implements RRT practice guidelines
• Monitors patient outcomes and conducts follow-up

Connaissances

English language

Customer service

Interpersonal skills

Coordination

Delegation

Multi-tasking

Stress management

Computer skills

Time management

Ethics knowledge

Formation

Associates Nursing

Diploma Nursing

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing

Description du poste

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.

Work Shift Night (United States of America) Shift/Schedule: 7p-7a/Nights

Job Summary: The Rapid Response Team (RRT) Nurse is a registered professional nurse who functions under the direction of the Nurse Manager and is responsible for coordination of Rapid Response Team assessment of patient, prioritization and implementation of interventions to ensure optimal patient outcomes, documentation of interventions and outcomes, communication with other team members and disciplines, and safe delivery of age appropriate and culturally aware patient care. The RRT Nurse is accountable for addressing the patient/family biological, emotional, developmental, psychosocial and education needs. The RRT Nurse serves as a resource/support to the staff, physicians, patients, families, and other departments. The RRT Nurse is responsible for RRT calls, follow-up visits, RRT data collection, entry and analysis, development of RRT practice guidelines, evaluation of patient codes and informal education of staff.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions

Patient Care

• Responds to RRT calls.
• Coordinates patient care during events including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of outcomes
• Communicates with medical staff, nursing staff, other disciplines and departments as required to ensure optimal patient outcomes
• Intervenes in patient crisis to promote quality patient care
• Documents assessment, interventions, and outcomes in patient medical record; utilizes SBAR documentation
• Develops and implements clinical practice guidelines for RRT.
• Monitors patient outcomes and conducts follow-up as required
• Assesses patient and family or support system needs
• Educates patient, families or support system as required and documents
• Educates staff pertaining to RRT.

Data Monitoring

• Collects, monitors, and trends RRT data
• Analyzes data to determine opportunities for improvement; reports findings to medical staff and nursing leadership as requested
• Recommends improvements required to promote optimal patient outcomes to medical staff and nursing leadership
• Initiates and implements improvements related to RRT based on data trends
• Analyzes patient code data to identify trends and makes recommendations for improvements based on data
• Monitors near miss events to identify and initiate prevention measures to promote quality patient care

Professional Practice

• Serves as professional role model within professional nursing utilizing professional clinical judgment
• Serves as a mentor in the development of peers and clinical staff
• Liaison between medical staff and patients and families
• Creates and maintains supportive work environment conducive to quality patient care including taking corrective action when needed
• Supports fiscal accountability for human and material resources
• Collaborates with Nurse Manager to recruit and retain staff
• Supports performance improvement initiatives designed to promote quality patient care
• Promotes professional nursing practice through shared governance, evidence-based practice and ethical accountability
• Maintains confidentiality
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

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. ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ARC-ALS - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact

Additional License(s) and Certification(s): Current American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support credentials upon hire required and national certification in critical care nursing upon hire preferred

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum 2 years of nursing practice in a critical care environment; current American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support credentials required and current AHA Basic Life Support credentials required

Required Minimum Skills

Ability to read, write and speak the English language

Strong customer service and interpersonal skills

Inter- and intra-departmental coordination of patient care activities

Delegation skills required

Ability to multi-task essential

Ability to function in stressful and emergency situations essential

Strong detail orientation required; Computer skills required

Personal time management skills are required

Compliance with the American Nurses' Association Code of Ethics for Professional Nurses is required

Demonstrates knowledge of and practices within parameters outlined in Georgia Registered Professional Nurse Practice Act.

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.