Registered Nurse RN - General Surgical

Job Category: Nursing - Registered Nurse

Work Shift/

Schedule:

12 Hr Morning - Afternoon

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

General Surgery is a 32-bed nursing unit with four equipped with negative pressure and 2 with bariatric ceiling lifts. Care is rendered to patients with a variety of specialties including, but not limited to:

• Bariatric Surgery including Gastric Bypass, Gastric Sleeve, Duodenal Switch, and Revisional cases
• Urology diagnosis and procedures
  • Oncology Gynecology surgery
• General Surgery including major bowel procedures
• Vascular surgery procedures
• Plastic Surgery including skin grafts, flaps and reconstructive surgery
• Podiatry
• Other medical and surgical patients in times of high census

Nurses provide care and monitoring for patients with IV patient-controlled analgesia. Nurses are competent in the care of patients with the following: nephrostomy tubes, continuous bladder irrigations, biliary drains, Jackson Pratt drains, Constavac drains, epidurals, chest tubes, tracheostomy tubes, and peritoneal dialysis. Nurses who have completed competencies may access and de‑access Portacaths, and perform negative pressure wound dressing changes.

• Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Educational Requirements: Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required
• Minimum Experience: At least 1 year of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
• Other:

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications: BSN
• Preferred
  
  Educational Requirements:
  
  
• 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 competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:
• Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance.
• Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility
• Leads interdisciplinary rounds to facilitate appropriateness of care and smooth transitions across the continuum
• Positively impacts the work environment by displaying respect for individuals and the organization
• Exemplary Professional Practice
• Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:
• Effectively applies the nursing process within the framework of the organization’s professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family
• Demonstrates initiative and seeks formal and informal opportunities to improve clinical practice within specialty area
• Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical and spiritual issues within the episode of care
• Effectively delegates care as appropriate while retaining accountability for the quality of care given to patients and families
• Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team including physicians and advanced practice providers; incorporates Safety behavior and error prevention tools
• Incorporates Sister Simone Roach’s 7 Cs of Caring:
  Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity into daily work and practice
• New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement
• Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:
• Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development by…