RN Registered Nurse Med-Surge PRN Habersham
Company: Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc
Location: Demorest
Posted on: May 29, 2023
Job Description:
Job Category:Nursing - Registered Nurse
Work Shift/Schedule:VariesNortheast Georgia Health System is rooted
in a foundation of improving the health of our communities. About
the Role:Job SummaryCapable 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 at meetings. Participates 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. -Minimum Job Qualifications
- Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an
RN in Georgia
- Educational Requirements: Associates Degree
- Minimum Experience:
- Other: One year of experience as a professional RN. New
graduate RNs or those with less than one year of experience will be
referred to the RN Residency Program.
Preferred Job Qualifications
- 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
- Other: Membership is professional organization
Job Specific and Unique Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- 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 -Essential Tasks and Responsibilities
- Clinical Skills and Knowledge: Demonstrates basic assessment
skills. Demonstrates the 5 rights of medication administration.
Manages care for basic patient assignment and progresses to care
for increasingly complex patients. Accurately documents all aspects
of the nursing process using the electronic medical record as
applicable. Understands and complies with all DNV standards.
Accesses and follows polices. Evaluates patient response to
interventions and adjusts plan of care appropriately. Consistently
coordinates interdisciplinary care. Uses resources effectively to
reduce waste. Participates in PI processes. Participates in
maintaining and monitoring the work environment to ensure
compliance with DNV regulations. Coordinates discharge planning.
Actively contributes to a culture of safety within the
organization.
- Interpersonal Skills and Relationships: -Includes the patient
and family in patient care. Provides effective education
appropriate for the learning needs of patient/ family. Demonstrates
appropriate customer service behaviors. Participates in
organizational and unit based customer service initiatives.
- Critical Thinking Skills and Innovation: Plans patient care
based on assessment. Displays basic prioritization and time
management skills. Evaluates patient's response to interventions
and seeks support to adjust the plan of care. Utilizes resources on
the unit to increase understanding of the care of unfamiliar
patient populations. Recognizes signs of deteriorating patient and
accesses appropriate resources. Reads nursing research/EBP
articles. Participates in discharge planning with increasing
responsibility and coordination. Demonstrates the ability to
rapidly recognize and anticipate changes in patient status and
takes appropriate action while maintaining professional composure.
Recognizes existence of nursing practice trends and questions care
as it relates to evidence based practice. Consistently and
independently prioritizes patient care. -
- Leadership and Professional Development: Supports unit goals.
Demonstrates support of shared governance through awareness of
initiatives. Completes a professional development plan and shows
progress on personal learning goals. Supervises and ensures
completion of task assigned to ancillary/support staff.
Participates in the enhancement of the nursing profession and
supporting the community. Appropriately delegates tasks. Seeks
resources by actively consulting with the interdisciplinary team.
Demonstrates support of shared governance through awareness of
initiatives and by providing input. Serves in a unit leadership
role(s). Serves as the Nurse in Charge as necessary fulfilling the
following responsibilities: a. patient flow, b. matches given
resources to patients for shift, c. escalates concerns using the
chain of command. -Physical Demands
- 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: Frequently 31-65%
- Standing/Walking: Frequently 31-65%
- Pushing/Pulling: Frequently 31-65%
- Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65%
- Job Requires: Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking,
KeyboardingWorking at NGHS means being part of something special: a
team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you
reach your goals. -NGHS: Opportunities start here.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.
Keywords: Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc, Athens , RN Registered Nurse Med-Surge PRN Habersham, Other , Demorest, Georgia
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