Registered Nurse RN - Cardiology​/Medical

Overview

Braselton Medical/Cardiology is a 24‑bed acute care unit that admits adult patients with a variety of medical and cardiac diagnoses. The primary patient population includes but is not limited to:
Chest Pain;
Pre and Post Cardiac Catheterization;
Post Coronary Intervention without sheath in place;
Congestive Heart Failure;
Dysrhythmias;
Electrophysiology procedures;
Pacemaker Insertion;
General medical diagnosis.

• Competitive salary & benefits
• Career growth opportunities
• Relocation assistance available (over 50‑mile radius)

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 complex patients. Seeks and provides feedback for improved clinical practice. Assumes a clinical bedside leadership role and seeks mentoring. Participates in PNGC councils and Nursing Quality Teams. Actively participates on Unit Council to improve NDNQI nursing sensitive indicators, RN Satisfaction, Employee Engagement, Culture of Safety, and Patient Experience data.

Works with care team members to recruit and retain an excellent nursing care team. For new graduate RN, focuses on developing knowledge and skills and showing growth in caring for increasingly complex patients. Responsible for providing direct and safe patient care based on the nursing process and coordinating care for assigned patients on a shift to promote clinical outcomes. Requires consultation with experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

• Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia
• Associate's Degree (ADN) or Diploma
• At least 1 year of RN experience; demonstration of competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire

• BSN

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

• Transformational Leadership:
  Serves as highly engaged partner on care team; responds to care team member needs; adapts to change; leads interdisciplinary rounds; positively impacts work environment.
• Exemplary Professional Practice:
  Applies nursing process; demonstrates initiative; seeks improvement; critical thinking; delegates effectively while accountable; communicates clearly with team; incorporates safety behaviors; uses 7 Cs of Caring.
• New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement:
  Creates open dialogue; asks for feedback; identifies opportunities for quality improvement; applies evidence‑based practice; assumes responsibility for lifelong learning; serves as resource for students.
• Structural Empowerment:
  Understands cultural intelligence, diversity, equity, and inclusion; holds peers accountable; values team contributions; models safe work hours; supports unit-based shared governance; participates in unit self‑care activities; continually improves processes; aims for de‑escalation training certification.

• 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, standing/walking, pushing/pulling: frequently 31‑65% of time
• Intensity of work: frequently 31‑65% of time
• Job requires reading, writing, reasoning, talking, keyboarding

Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.