RN: Impactful Patient Care & Team Collaboration

Advocate Health; Waxhaw (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health is seeking a Registered Nurse to join an acute care team in our Waxhaw area services. You will apply evidence-based practices, engage patients and families, and participate in governance and quality initiatives to improve outcomes.

The role emphasizes the nursing process, patient safety, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, with continued professional development and adherence to ethical standards.

Qualifications

• RN license active in the state(s) where care is provided.
• BSN preferred; relevant nursing education completed.
• Typically requires 1 year of clinical nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Engages in unit councils, professional governance, and quality initiatives to improve care processes and apply evidence-based practices.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, diagnose, implement, and evaluate nursing care, engaging patients and families through the continuum of care.
• Monitors patient conditions, adjusts care plans, mobilizes resources, and collaborates with the care team to influence care outcomes.
• Upholds and promotes a culture of safety.
• Continuously evaluates patient, team, and unit outcomes, taking action as needed.
• May administer medications, treatments, and therapies safely and according to clinical protocols and procedures.
• Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution, fostering team collaboration and appropriate delegation.
• Pursues professional development, completes required education, and maintains certifications.
• Adhere to the ANA Code of Ethics and practices ethical decision-making, respects interdisciplinary roles, and contributes to integrated, unbiased patient care.
• Appropriate delegation to other Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and unlicensed assistive personnel (i.e., nurse aides, credentialed medical assistants, etc.).
• Maintains accurate, timely EHR documentation.
• May be required to float to other units, departments, care areas, or facilities within the designated service area to meet patient care needs.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards

Skills

Clinical judgment

Time management

Communication skills

Fast-paced environment

EHR proficiency

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Tools

EHR systems

Job description

Advocate Health is seeking a Registered Nurse to join an acute care team in our Waxhaw area services. You will apply evidence-based practices, engage patients and families, and participate in governance and quality initiatives to improve outcomes.

The role emphasizes the nursing process, patient safety, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, with continued professional development and adherence to ethical standards.