Med Surg Registered Nurse

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Work Shift

Night (United States of America)

Job Description

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

Program Commitment:
• 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.

Job Summary:

The Internal Agency RN Clinical Nurse- Acute Care 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. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence-based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies.
It is expected that all 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 upholds the voice of the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Core Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

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 base practice, uses
* analytical/critical thinking and insuring 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 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 patients goals the
* Workforce Operations V1.0 Internal Agency RN Clinical Nurse- Acute Care
* 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. This includes, but is not limited to 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 and 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 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 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
* 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.
Resources and Support
* 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 (i.e., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events; etc.).
* Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Required Minimum Education:

• Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing Required, Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):

All certifications are required upon hire unless otherwise stated.

• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support or ARC-ALS - Amer Red Cross Advanced Life Support or ACLS-I - ACLS - Instructor
• NIHSS - NIH Stroke Scale within 30 Days

Additional License(s) and Certification(s):

National certification in area of specialty preferred Upon Hire Preferred

Required Minimum Experience:

Minimum 1 year of Experience required, 2 preferred.

**Previous travel contract experience strongly preferred.

Required Minimum Skills:

Ability to read, write and speak English language, optimize the use of technology to support clinical care and holds basic computer skills.
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.

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