Register Nurse RN - Labor & Delivery - Resource Pool - PRN

About The Role

Women & Children Resource Pool consists of 3 subset teams known as “Pods” (Labor & Delivery Pod, NICU Pod, and Mother Baby/Pediatric/Step Down NICU Pod). The team works within the Women & Children service areas of Northeast Georgia Healthcare System and will report to our Gainesville, Braselton, and/or Demorest (Habersham) locations. Each “pod” is specialized according to patient population and requires 2 years of RN experience specific to specialty of the pod.

Gainesville Labor and Delivery Unit
: 18 labor/delivery/recovery beds, 8 triage beds, 4 operating rooms and 6 PACU bays.

Braselton Labor and Delivery Unit
: 10 labor/delivery/recovery beds, 2 triage beds, 2 operating rooms and 2 PACU bays.

Habersham LDRP (Labor/Delivery/Recovery/Postpartum) unit: 9 labor/delivery/recovery/post‑partum beds, 1 triage bed, and a 2‑bed well baby nursery.

Care provided to women and infants includes, but is not limited to:

• Laboring patients
• Scheduled inductions
• Cesarean sections
• Obstetrical emergencies
• Intrauterine fetal demise / miscarriage
• OB outpatient visits
• Well newborn admission
• Postpartum (mother/baby) couplet care

Treatments are performed under the orders of NGMC credentialed physicians, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners with privileges to practice at NGMC, within the policies and procedures of NGMC and the scope of practice for registered nurses as defined by the State of Georgia.

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. Is a professional member of VOICE professional nursing shared governance providing feedback on issues being addressed ticipates as a member on VOICE 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:
  Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia
• Educational Requirements:
  
  Associates Degree
• Minimum Experience:
  
  At least 2 years of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications:
  National certification in clinical specialty
• Preferred
  
  Educational Requirements:
  
  Bachelor of Nursing Degree
• Preferred Experience:
  
  Long Term Care:
  One year experience
• Membership in a professional organization

• 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

• Demonstrates basic assessment skills, the 5 rights of medication administration,…