Registered Nurse RN - PCCU/IMCU - Full Time Days

Job Category: Nursing - Registered Nurse Work Shift/Schedule: 12 Hr Morning - Evening Location: Braselton, Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) About the Role The Braselton IMCU/PCCU Medical Intermediate Care and Progressive Cardiac Care unit is a 24-bed Medical IMC and PCCU unit. Care is provided for a variety of intermediate care medical patients and progressive cardiac care patients including but not limited to the following: General Medical Patients requiring more frequent monitoring Patients requiring more frequent monitoring, which may include advanced respiratory support such as BiPap, HiFlo Oxygen, and Vapotherm Endocrine Emergencies requiring more frequent monitoring Gastroenterology requiring more frequent monitoring Alcohol withdrawal with CIWA score Chest Pain Acute Coronary Syndrome Stable Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Dysrhythmias Patients requiring administration of specific cardiac drugs Services provided include: Central Venous Pressure (CVP) Monitoring Removal of arterial and venous sheaths Chest tube care and management Arterial site management Epidural/PCA management Tracheostomy care Cardiac and hemodynamic monitoring Compensation & Benefits Earn up to $15,000 Sign-On Bonus! Up to $15,000 bonus based on experience Competitive salary & benefits Career growth opportunities Relocation assistance available (over 50-mile radius) Job Summary 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 as well as 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 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: 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 Job Qualifications Preferred Licensure or other certifications: BSN. Preferred Educational Requirements: (none specified). Preferred Experience: (none specified). 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 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. Essential Tasks and Responsibilities Transformational Leadership Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance. 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. Exemplary Professional Practice Effectively applies the nursing process within the framework of the organization’s professional model of care, using the nursing process to meet the clinical, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the patient and family. 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. Demonstrates the ability to communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team including physicians and advanced practice providers; incorporates Safety behavior and error prevention tools. Incorporates Sister Simone Roach's 7 Cs of Caring: Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity into daily work and practice. New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice. Identifies opportunities for quality improvement to colleagues and management. Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice. Ensures improvements in the practice setting by assuming responsibility for self‑development in life-long learning. Serves as a resource for students. Structural Empowerment Demonstrates an understanding of cultural intelligence, diversity, equity, and inclusion, lateral violence, and impairment and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships. Demonstrating deep interdependence by valuing team member contributions, talents, and skills. Models safe work hours, time management, efficiency, and stewardship. Supports unit-based shared governance activities while on duty. Actively participates in unit-based self‑care activities. Continually evaluates work processes with the goal of improvement, to achieve our strategic initiatives. Achieves and maintains de-escalation training certification for appropriate work unit. Empirical Outcomes Supports in quality of care activities, evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice. Supports unit-based activities aimed at the ownership improving the patient’s experience, employee engagement, and nurse sensitive indicators on the unit with a focus on improvement. 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% of time. Standing/Walking: Frequently 31-65% of time. Pushing/Pulling: Frequently 31-65% of time. Intensity of Work: Frequently 31-65% of time. Job Requires Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding. Equal Opportunity Statement 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. Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is a non-profit on a mission of improving the health of our community in all we do. Our team cares for more than 1 million people across the region through five hospitals and a variety of outpatient locations. Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has campuses in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega and Demorest - with a total of more than 850 beds and more than 1,200 medical staff members representing more than 60 specialties. Learn more at #J-18808-Ljbffr Northeast Georgia Health System