Emergency Room Nurse (RN NIGHT SHIFT) - (PRN - As Needed)

A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.
Work Shift
Night (United States of America) Nights Only - 7p-7a

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

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.

The Extended Assignment Team RN Clinical Nurse- Emergency Department is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed caregivers 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 Internal Agency 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 maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by effectively communicating information, responding to request, building rapport, participating in team problem solving methods, and upholding system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Performs the Nursing Process (assessment; planning; implementation and evaluation) in the performance of clinical care using

• evidence base practice, uses analytical/critical thinking and ensuring that care is
• 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
• delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity
• bedside shift report; others updated and making the patients goals the focus of the plan of care.
• Coordinates the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model. 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
• 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

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. Proactively plans for the care of patients across the care continuum while 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., Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources

Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.
Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred

RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
TNCC - Trauma Nurse Core Course or ATCN - Adv Trauma Care for Nurses Cer