Emergency Department RN — Lead Patient-Centered Care

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

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

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 the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards of the American Nurses Association. As a member of the patient services team, the individual upholds the voice of the patient, follows system policies and procedures and supports service excellence goals.

• Exemplary Practice and Outcomes
  • Performs the Nursing Process (assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation) in clinical care using evidence‑based practice, analytical and critical thinking, and ensures that care is individualized.
  • Provides relationship‑based, patient‑centered care consistent with population‑specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease) and adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
  • Partners with the patient and significant others using appropriate methods (e.g., bedside shift report, interdisciplinary rounds, just‑in‑time and planned patient teaching), keeps the patient and significant others updated, and makes the patient’s goals the focus of the plan of care.
  • Practices using current clinical practice standards.
• Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model, including diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods, timely documentation, and a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
  • Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a fiscally responsible manner and promoting the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
  • Participates and supports performance improvement, including research utilization, to promote safe, quality patient care, and actively supports and participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.
• Professional Development and Initiative
  • Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessments, required mandatory education, and population‑specific education.
  • Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students from all disciplines) to ensure a current and future qualified workforce and models professional nursing practice and a healthy work environment.
• Evidence Based Practice and Research
  • Promotes evidence‑based practice, nursing research and performance improvement; participates in value analysis as part of the decision‑making process in evaluating patient care products.
  • Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies, including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards, ensuring goals such as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes.
  • Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence‑based practice, consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources to address practice questions.
• Resources and Support
  • Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum during direct patient care.
  • Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or by self‑initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes such as decreased re‑admission rates, avoidable days, and adverse events.
  • Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
• Performs other duties as assigned. Complies with all Wellstar Health System…