RN Clinical Nurse

Job Description

About Wellstar Health System:

Wellstar Health System is a not-for-profit health system based in Marietta, Georgia. It is the largest health system in Georgia and one of the largest in the United States, with over 11,000 employees and 1,200 affiliated physicians. Wellstar operates 11 hospitals, 33 urgent care centers, 76 primary care practices, and a variety of other health care facilities.

Job Description:

The RN Clinical Nurse at Wellstar Health System is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families, and significant others receive individualized high-quality, safe patient care.

Core Responsibilities:

• Performs the Nursing Process (assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence-based practice.
• Provides relationship-based patient-centered care that is consistent with population-specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease, etc.) and adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
• Collaborates with the patient and significant others to set goals and develop a plan of care that focuses on the patient’s goals.
• Practices using current clinical practice standards.
• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model.
• 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 in and supports performance improvement inclusive of all stakeholders, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care.
• Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessments, required mandatory education, and population-specific education.
• Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students for all disciplines) to ensure a current and future qualified workforce; modeling the professional practice of nursing and creating a healthy work environment.
• Promotes Evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing.
• Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements and standards.
• Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice. Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
• Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care.
• Participates in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team to achieve best practice outcomes.
• Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing.
• Bachelor’s Degree (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing.
• Registered Nurse (Single State) or RN – Multi-state Compact.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills along with customer service skills.
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies in a decisive, composed, and respectful manner.
• Excellent time management skills.
• Practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills along with possessing strong critical thinking skills.