Nursing RN - 1st and 2nd shifts

Work Shift/Schedule: 12 Hr Evening - Morning

About the Role: Our RN Residency helps new graduates transition into their nursing practice by emphasizing orientation, education, and evidence-based practice. The program allows Residents to engage in didactic learning, state-of-the-art simulations, and training with a dedicated preceptor. Step into your career at NGHS.

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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: Graduated from an accredited nursing program and hold a current unencumbered license to practice as an RN in Georgia.

Educational Requirements: Associate's Degree. ADN or Diploma required

Minimum Experience: 0-1 year of RN experience - successful completion of new grad orientation or successful completion of an RN refresher course for acute care nurses

Preferred Job Qualifications Preferred Licensure or other certifications: National certification in clinical specialty as eligible.

Preferred Educational Requirements: BSN

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 or 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 Demonstrates accountability for professional development that improves the quality of professional practice and patient care

Makes recommendations for the improvement of clinical care and the health of the workplace

Developing the ability to change and demonstrate flexibility

Welcomes and participates in change initiatives

Engages and builds respectful and collaborative relationships among colleagues and other disciplines that contributes to a healthy work environment

Serves as an engaged member of a team supporting colleagues in service to patients and families

Participates in interdisciplinary rounds as department requires

Exemplary Professional Practice Applies basic nursing knowledge and skills 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

Formulates a plan of care and daily goals that takes into consideration the individualized needs of the patient

Consistently documents in the patient and unit record according to written health system standards of care in order to meet legal and regulatory patient care requirements

Seeks guidance, asks clarifying questions, and speaks up for safety to continuously improve nursing practice

Develops critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical and spiritual issues within the episode of care

Demonstrates knowledge of Sister Simone Roach's theory by incorporating the Seven Cs of Caring: Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity in caring for patients and families

Demonstrates knowledge of principles of adult learning (and/or teaching children) and applies in teaching patients, families, students, and new staff

Provides detailed and appropriate teaching to patients and families to meet regulatory requirements and effectively prepare them for the episode of care as well as transitions f

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