RN Emergency Department Nights

**Our promise to you:** Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It's about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that **together** we are even better. **All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:** + Benefits from Day One: Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance + Paid Time Off from Day One + 403-B Retirement Plan + 4 Weeks 100% Paid Parental Leave + Career Development + Whole Person Well-being Resources + Mental Health Resources and Support + Pet Benefits **Schedule:** Full time **Shift:** Night (United States of America) **Address:** 1035 RED BUD RD NE **City:** CALHOUN **State:** Georgia **Postal Code:** 30701 **Job Description:** **Minimum Pay:** $35 / hour **Work Schedule:** 3 x 12 hour shifts - 7pm-7am, rotating weekends **Sign on Bonus:** $15,000 for eligible candidates + Conduct comprehensive patient assessments through observation, interviews, and physical examinations to gather patient history and vital signs, identifying physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs. + Develop and implement individualized care plans based on assessment data, setting specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals in collaboration with patients, families, and healthcare teams. + Administer medications and treatments safely, including oral, intravenous, and intramuscular forms, and perform necessary medical procedures such as wound care, catheterization, and IV therapy, ensuring accurate and safe execution. + Provide patient and family education about health conditions, treatments, and self-care practices, developing and delivering tailored educational materials and programs, and offering discharge instructions and follow-up care plans. + Advocate for patient health and safety by acting as a liaison between patients and the healthcare system, protecting patient rights and confidentiality, and securing necessary resources to improve patient outcomes. + Participate in performance improvement activities by engaging in unit-based quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and research initiatives, applying current healthcare research findings to expand clinical knowledge, and using quality measures to enhance performance and accountability for patient outcomes. + Collaborate with healthcare professionals, including doctors, therapists, social workers, and other healthcare providers, to ensure coordinated and comprehensive patient care, maintaining open and clear communication with all team members. + Collect and analyze patient health data from patients, families, and healthcare providers using appropriate techniques and instruments, and prioritize patient needs based on their immediate condition and overall health status to ensure timely and effective care. + Document patient care activities accurately and timely in medical records, including assessments, care plans, interventions, and patient responses, to ensure continuity and quality of care. + Evaluate and adjust care plans by monitoring and documenting the effectiveness of care plans and interventions, making necessary adjustments based on ongoing patient assessments and feedback. + Perform nursing procedures such as wound care, catheterization, and specimen collection, ensuring accurate and safe implementation. + Ensure patient safety by adhering to established policies and procedures, maintaining a safe environment, and participating in bedside shift reports to ensure continuity of care and effective communication among healthcare team members. + Performs other duties as assigned. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: + Administers all types of medications correctly per age group for all populations served according to policy. [Required] + Demonstrates proficient technical skills and operational knowledge of all equipment used on the unit. [Required] + Performs daily rotational task assignment as directed. [Required] + Supervises Nursing Assistants in the process of basic nursing functions (i.e., bed making, toileting, oral care, hair and nail care, baths, and comfort measures in accordance with the patient's cultural needs). + Demonstrates standard procedure for safe patient ambulation and transfers, and checking, turning, and repositioning bedfast, and or, incontinent patients every two hours. [Required] + Serves as a preceptor as necessary. [Required] + Communication/Collaboration. [Required] + Gather data/assess/reassess all populations served and do primary assessment of all newly admitted or transferred patients and completes hard cop care plans for each chart. [Required] + Documents/communicates clearly and concisely patient data, initiates and implements phone and verbal physician orders promptly and accurately as needed, collaborates with other members of the healthcare team as needed including the Assistant Nurse Manager and/or Charge RN, other RNs, and physicians, under HIPAA and confidentiality policy. [Required] + Collaborates on Care Plan input. [Required] + Timely collaboration with to establish priorities in planning, organizing, and implementing patient care based on nursing assessment, and taking into consideration the patient/family's psychosocial/cultural/circumstantial situations. Timely collaboration with RNs to evaluate patient response to nursing interventions. [Required] + Demonstrates recognition of emergency codes, infection control, life safety, and fire plan, age-specific safety concerns, proper body mechanics and ergonomics, and implements measures to meet these needs when they arise in collaboration with the RN. Supervises nursing assistant staff during these events. [Required] + Understands the Computerized Physician Order Entry Process and proficiently uses the electronic medical record for retrieval of patient information. [Required] + Monitors Electronic Medical Record for new physician orders and diagnostic results. [Required] + Provides the necessary and appropriate education to the patient and family from admission through discharge. This includes, but is not limited to: the patients known medical and nursing plan of care, medications, tests and procedures, disease process, and discharge instructions. Initiates and documents the education provided including the patient response and outcomes. Initiates referrals to healthcare providers as necessary. [Required] + Must be fluent in English (read, verbal and written skills). [Required] Education: - Associate's of Nursing [Required] - Bachelor's of Nursing [Preferred] Work Experience: - 1+ prior hospital/acute care nursing experience. [Preferred] - RN experience [Required] Licenses and Certifications: + Basic Life Support - CPR Cert (BLS) [Required] + Registered Nurse (RN) [Required] **Pay Range:** $30.70 - $50.42 _This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances._ **Category:** Registered Nurse **Organization:** AdventHealth Gordon **Schedule:** Full time **Shift:** Night **Req ID:** 153451656