Registered Nurse (RN), Acute Care

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) - Acute Care - Oncology - FT Nights

About the Role

Wellstar Health System is seeking a proactive Registered Nurse (RN) for Acute Care - Oncology on Full-Time Nights. As a member of an interdisciplinary team, you will ensure high-quality, safe, individualized patient care. You will practice in a clinical environment supported by the Wellstar Shared Governance Model and guided by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model, evidence-based practice, and research. RN competencies are supported by Wellstar Values. It is expected that all RNs 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 from the American Nurses Association. You will uphold the voice of the patient, system policies, and support service excellence goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform the Nursing Process (assessment; diagnosis; identification of outcomes; planning; implementation and evaluation) using evidence-based practice, analytical/critical thinking, and ensuring individualized care.
• Coordinate care through effective partnerships, recognizing that caring is central to achieving optimal patient care outcomes.
• Provide relationship-based, patient-centered care that is consistent with population-specific characteristics and adapts service delivery to reflect an understanding of cultural diversity.
• Partner with the patient and significant others using appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; patient teaching; keeping the patient and significant others updated; making patients' goals the focus of the plan of care).
• Practice using current clinical practice standards.
• Coordinate and document safe, quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model, including diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods (interdisciplinary rounds, case review).
• Complete timely documentation and promote a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
• Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a fiscally responsible manner and promoting the recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
• Participate and support performance improvement, inclusive of all stakeholders, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care.
• Initiate and/or lead performance improvement activities.
• Promote an inter/intra-disciplinary process.
• Actively support/participate in shared governance at all levels of the system.
• Complete all initial and ongoing professional competency assessments, required mandatory education, and population-specific education.
• Serve as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses and staff or students for all disciplines.
• Model the professional practice of nursing and create a healthy work environment.
• Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing.
• Participate in activities such as value analysis as part of the decision-making process in evaluating patient care products.
• Uphold all health care system/organizational policies, procedures, and clinical competencies, including legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements and standards.
• Ensure compliance with goals such as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes.
• Participate in data collection and pose relevant clinical questions to advance evidence-based practice.
• Consult appropriate experts and use appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
• Proactively plan for the care of patients across the care continuum.
• Participate in the development of protocols and procedures when called upon or through self-initiation in collaboration with care managers and other health care team members to achieve best practice outcomes (e.g., decrease in re-admission rates; avoidable days; adverse events).
• Support efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all WellStar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing - Preferred

Qualifications

• RN - Reg Nurse (Single State) or RN-COMPACT - RN - Multi-state Compact
• BLS - Basic Life Support or ARC-BLS - Amer Red Cross Basic Life Support or BLS-I - Basic Life Support - Instructor
• Completion of accredited/approved school of nursing with requisite clinical hours.
• Required direct patient care experience.
• Less than 1 year of experience required for this role.