Registered Nurse (RN) - Rapid Response Team - Augusta

Wellstar Health System; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System is seeking a Rapid Response Team Nurse for the Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center in Augusta, GA. This full-time night position involves coordinating rapid response activities, documenting care, and ensuring safety and quality for patients across ages.

The role requires a nursing degree and active Georgia license with ACLS/BLS. Expect collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, ongoing education, and data-driven quality improvement in a busy ICU-adjacent environment.

Qualifications

• Requires Nursing degree (Associates or Diploma; Bachelors preferred).
• Active nursing license in Georgia or eligibility to practice under eNLC.

Responsibilities

• Respond to Rapid Response Team calls and coordinate patient care during events.
• Document assessments, interventions and outcomes; use SBAR for communication.
• Develop and update RRT clinical guidelines; monitor and follow up on patient outcomes.
• Educate patients, families and staff about RRT processes and safety.
• Collect and analyze RRT data to identify improvement opportunities and report to leadership.

Skills

English proficiency

Customer service

Coordination across departments

Delegation

Multitasking

Emergency readiness

Attention to detail

Computer skills

Time management

Nurse ethics

NPA Act knowledge

Education

Associates/Bachelor in Nursing

Job description

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)

About the Facility

Learn more about Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center, including our teams, culture, and campus environment:

Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center | Wellstar Health System

Hours: Full Time Nights 36 Hours per week (3/12s)

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):

• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Georgia or hold a privilege to practice in the State of Georgia under the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC) Upon Hire Required
• current American Heart Association (AHA) Advanced Cardiac Life Support credentials Upon Hire Required
• current AHA Basic Life Support credentials Upon Hire Required
• national certification in critical care nursing Upon Hire Preferred
• NIHSS certification Upon Hire Preferred

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 2 years of nursing practice in a critical care environment Required and

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.

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