Facility: 1800 Parkway Center

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This role not only allows you to make a meaningful impact wherever you’re needed most, but also provides the opportunity to utilize your unique skill set in supportive roles, even outside your usual practice, or take on modified patient assignments tailored to your competencies. Come be a part of our team and help us deliver exceptional care across the WellStar network!

The RN Clinical Nurse is an essential member of an interdisciplinary team, working alongside licensed and unlicensed caregivers to provide individualized, high-quality care to patients and their families. This role emphasizes proactive, patient-centered approaches to achieve optimal health outcomes.

Core Responsibilities

Exemplary Practice and Outcomes

• Nursing Process: Execute the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) using evidence-based practices and critical thinking, ensuring individualized care and effective coordination.
• Patient-Centered Care: Deliver relationship-based care that reflects an understanding of cultural diversity, adapting services to meet the needs of specific populations (age, gender, disease, etc.).
• Partnership: Collaborate with patients and their significant others through effective communication methods (e.g., bedside shift reports, interdisciplinary rounds) to keep them informed and align care with their goals.
• Clinical Standards: Practice in accordance with current clinical standards.

Teamwork and Collaboration

• Care Coordination: Oversee the delivery and documentation of safe, quality patient care through diverse interdisciplinary communication and timely documentation.
• Team Engagement: Foster teamwork by promoting fiscal responsibility and supporting recruitment and retention of healthcare team members.
• Performance Improvement: Engage in performance improvement initiatives and support shared governance across all levels.

Professional Development and Initiative

• Competency Assessments: Complete ongoing professional competency evaluations and mandatory education requirements.
• Mentorship: Serve as a preceptor or mentor to nurture a qualified nursing workforce and promote a healthy work environment.

Evidence-Based Practice and Research

• Research Promotion: Advocate for evidence-based practices and participate in performance improvement initiatives, including value analysis for patient care products.
• Policy Compliance: Uphold healthcare policies, procedures, and clinical competencies, ensuring adherence to legal, regulatory, and accreditation standards.
• Data Collection: Engage in data collection and consult experts to address clinical practice questions using evidence-based resources.

Resources and Support

• Care Continuum Planning: Plan for patient care across the continuum while providing direct care.
• Protocol Development: Collaborate with care managers to develop protocols aimed at improving patient outcomes (e.g., reducing readmission rates).
• Resource Utilization: Support the effective use of human and material resources.

Required Minimum Education

• Required: Associate's Degree from an accredited nursing school
• Preferred: Bachelor's Degree (BSN) from an accredited nursing school; national certification in specialty area

Required Licenses and Certifications

Required:

• Registered Nurse (Single State)
• RN - Multi-state Compact
• Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)

Required Minimum Experience

Minimum: 2 years of nursing experience in the specified area of practice