RN Clinical Nurse

Job Description

About the Company

Wellstar Health System is a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Marietta, Georgia. Wellstar operates 11 hospitals, 12 urgent care centers, and numerous other medical facilities throughout Georgia. The system has more than 25,000 employees and serves more than 1 million patients each year.

About the Job

Wellstar Kennestone OB/GYN is seeking an RN Clinical Nurse to join their team. The RN Clinical Nurse 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.

The RN Clinical Nurse is responsible for:

• Performing the Nursing Process (assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using evidence base practice, analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is individualized
• Providing 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 partnering with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using such appropriate method 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 patient’s goals the focus of the plan of care)
• Practices using current clinical practice standards
• Coordinating the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model
• Demonstrating teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a manner that is fiscally responsible and promotes the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members
• Participating and supporting 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 and actively supports/participates in Clinical Champion Forum at the Medical Group level
• Completing all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population specific education
• Serving as a preceptor and/or 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
• Promoting Evidence based practice, nursing research and performance improvement in nursing
• Participating in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products
• Upholding 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 ensuring by way of example, such goals as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems’ safety absolutes
• Participating in data collection, posing relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice. Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions
• Proactively planning for the care of patients across the care continuum in the course of giving direct patient care
• Participating 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 (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc)
• Supporting efficient and effective use of human and material resources

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing
• Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing
• National certification in area of specialty preferred
• Current/active license as a registered nurse in the State of Georgia
• Must have a current BLS card from the American Heart Association, prior to hire date
• ACLS/PALS may be required in some practice areas
• Experience with direct patient care
• Strong interpersonal, collaborative skills along with customer service skills required
• Ability to function in a fast-paced environment and respond to emergencies in using a decisive, composed and respectful manner
• Possess excellent time management skills: practices nursing using evidence and analytical skills along with possessing strong critical thinking skills