Extended Team - ER RN; All shifts

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

All Shifts Available:
Days, Mids, Nights

Previous Travel experience strongly preferred.

A 13 week contract is required during surge season (Oct-March) BEFORE a candidate can be considered for PRN shifts during non-peak months.

• Team Members are required to complete: 1 (one) 13-week assignment between Oct 1st - March 31st (surge season) each year, with the option to work additional 8-13 week contracts in between.
• While on assignment, Team Members will be scheduled 36 hours/week.
• Team Members function under a contingency staffing model as a PRN Team Member (since only held to 1 contract per year), with no guaranteed hours, and no benefits offered.
• All scheduling is done at the unit level, with no self scheduling.
• Team Members are required to work 3 (three) Mondays and/or Fridays, and 3 (three) Saturdays and/or Sundays in a 4-week scheduling period.

The Extended Assignment Team 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. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the Well Star Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the Well Star Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence-based practice and research.

RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the Well Star Core Competencies. It is expected that all Internal Agency RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association.

As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by effectively communicating information, responding to request, building rapport, participating in team problem solving methods, and upholding system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

• Exemplary Practice and Outcomes
  • Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice, analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized; coordinating care through effective partnerships recognizing that caring is central to achieve optimal patient care outcomes.
  • Provides relationship-based patient centered care that is consistent with population specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease, etc.) in a manner that adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
  • Always partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds: just in time and planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patients 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 (interdisciplinary rounds, case review, etc.); completion of timely documentation and promotion of a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
  • Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
  • Participates and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care including initiating and/or leading such activities as well as, promoting an inter/intra-disciplinary process.
  • Actively supports/participates in shared governance at all levels in the system.
• Professional Development and Initiative
  • Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education.
  • Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure that there is a current and future qualified workforce, modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment.
• Evidence Based Practice and Research
  • Promotes evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing. Participates in activities such as 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…