Registered Nurse - RN - Presurgical Testing

Registered Nurse - RN - Presurgical Testing - Full Time - 7:30 am - 5:00 pm

Posted 2 days ago

Location:

Gainesville, GA

Work Shift/

Schedule:

9 Hour Morning - Afternoon

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 and 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 achievement of clinical outcomes. Requires consultation with more experienced clinicians and accepts feedback as a constructive professional development tool.

Transformational leadership, effective application of the nursing process, initiative to improve clinical practice, critical thinking, and clear communication with healthcare team members. Incorporates safety behavior and error prevention tools, and embraces the organization’s 7 Cs of Caring.

• 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.

• Preferred Licensure or other certifications: BSN.
• Preferred
  
  Educational Requirements:
  
  (none specified).
• Preferred Experience:
  
  (none specified).

• 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 for 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: engaging as a full partner on the care team, responding willingly to care team member needs.
• 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.
• 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.
• Communicates clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team, incorporating safety behavior and error prevention tools.
• Applies evidence‑based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice.
• Provides quality improvement and supports unit‑based shared governance activities while on duty.
• Supports in quality of care activities, evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.

• Weight Lifted:
  Up to 100 lbs.
• Weight Carried:
  Up to 50 lbs.
• Vision:
  Moderate.
• Kneeling/Stooping/Bending:
  Frequently.
• Standing/Walking:
  Frequently.
• Pushing/Pulling:
  Frequently.
• Intensity of Work:
  Frequently.
• Job Requires:
  Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding.

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