Registered Nurse RN - General Medical - Nights

Job Category:
Nursing
- Registered Nurse

Work Shift/

Schedule:

12 Hr Evening
- Morning

Capable clinician with previous specialty experience preferred, focused on expanding knowledge and skills. Consistently provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. Seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a beginning clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring in this process. Participates as a member on PNGC councils and Nursing Quality Teams as appropriate.

Actively participates on Unit Council helping with plans to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data. Works together with other care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team. For the new graduate clinical RN: focuses primarily on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in ability to care for increasingly complex patients.

Responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process, and for coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote the achievement of clinical outcomes. Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

• Licensure or other certifications:
  Graduated from an accredited nursing program and hold a current unencumbered license to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Educational Requirements:
  
  Associate’s Degree. ADN or Diploma required
• Minimum Experience:
  
  0-1 year of RN experience – successful completion of new grad orientation or successful completion of an RN refresher course for acute care nurses
• Other

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:
  National certification in clinical specialty as eligible.
• Preferred
  
  Educational Requirements:
  
  BSN
• Preferred Experience:
• Other:

• Delivery of safe, effective, efficient care that meets population specific guidelines
• Actively works to make own and related teams successful, effectively communicates with patients, families and colleagues at all levels, shows consideration and respect or others and fosters customer service
• Effectively prioritizes, recognizes problems, and utilizes evidence based practice
• Demonstrates personal mastery, leadership of self and others, as appropriate, delegates appropriately, and supports NGHS shared governance model
• Basic computer skills necessary to operate computer systems used on unit

• Transformational Leadership
  • Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and patient care
  • Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace
  • Developing the ability to change and demonstrate flexibility
  • Welcomes and participates in change initiatives
  • Engages and builds respectful and collaborative relationships among colleagues and other disciplines that contributes to a healthy work environment
  • Serves as an engaged member of a team supporting colleagues in service to patients and families
  • Participates in interdisciplinary rounds as department requires

• Weight Lifted:
  Up to 100 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time
• Weight Carried:
  Up to 50 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time
• Vision:
  Moderate, Frequently 31-65% of time
• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending:
  Frequently 31-65% of time
• Standing/Walking:
  Frequently 31-65% of time
• Pushing/Pulling:
  Frequently 31-65% of time
• Intensity of Work:
  Frequently 31-65% of time
• Job Requires:
  Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding

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