Facility: Cobb Hospital
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Job Summary:
The RN Clinical Nurse 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 RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable, and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implement 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-based practice, ensuring 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.
- Partners with the patient and significant others (as appropriate) using appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; planned patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated and making the patient’s goals the 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, including 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 fiscally responsible manner and promoting 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.
- Professional Development and Initiative:
- Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, population-specific education.
- Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses and staff to ensure a current and future qualified workforce.
- Evidence-Based Practice and Research:
- Promotes Evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing.
- Upholds all health care system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association.
- Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice.
- 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 in collaboration with care managers and other members of the health care team.
- Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
Required Minimum Education:
Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing: Required and Bachelor's Degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing Preferred.
Required Minimum License(s) and Certification(s):
Reg Nurse (Single State) Required; RN - Multi-state Compact Required; Basic Life Support Required; Advanced Cardiac Life Support Preferred; Neonatal Resuscitation Provider Preferred; Pediatric Advanced Life Support Preferred.
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