Registered Nurse (RN) - Emergency Department

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Work Shift: Night (United States of America)

The Emergency Department at Cobb Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Registered Nurse (RN)! This position is Full-Time/Night shift (7 pm - 7 am). PREMIUM sign on bonus eligible position.

Job Summary:

The RN Clinical Nurse Emergency Department is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families, and significant others receive individualized high-quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the Wellstar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model and evidence-based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the Wellstar Values.

It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses Emergency Services are licensed, knowledgeable, and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual upholds the voice of the patient, system policies, and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• A. Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation, and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice, uses analytical/critical thinking, and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes.
• B. Provides relationship-based patient-centered care that is consistent with population-specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease, etc.) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
• C. Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using such appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just-in-time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patients goals the focus of the plan of care).
• D. Practices using current clinical practice standards.

Teamwork and Collaboration:

• A. Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe-quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. This includes, but is not limited to, diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
• B. Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
• C. Participates and supports performance improvement, inclusive of all stakeholders, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care, including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process and actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.

Professional Development and Initiative:

• A. Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population-specific education.
• B. Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment.

Evidence-Based Practice and Research:

• A. Promotes Evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
• B. Upholds all healthcare system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association, including legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements and standards, ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes.
• C. Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice. Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.

Resources and Support:

• A. Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
• B. Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the healthcare team to achieve best practice outcomes (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events, etc.).
• C. Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

Associates in Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing Bachelors Nursing is preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

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 PALS - Pediatric Adv Life Support or ARC-PALS - Amer Red Cross Pediatric Advanced Life Support or PALS-I - PALS - Instructor or PALS-P - PALS-Provisional (180 Days) within 180 Days TNCC - Trauma Nurse Core Course or ATCN - Adv Trauma Care for Nurses Cer or TNCC-P - Trauma Nurse Core Course - Provisional (18 Months) within 18 Months ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ACLS-P90 - ACLS-Provisional (90 Days) within 90 Days or ARC-ALS - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 5 years RN experience

Required Minimum Skills:

Ability to read, write, and speak English language, optimize the use of technology to support clinical care and holds basic computer skills Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills along with customer service skills required Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies in using a decisive, composed, and respectful manner Possess excellent time management skills Practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills along with possessing strong critical thinking skills

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