Registered Nurse - Cardiac & IMCU Resource Pool - FT Nights

Job Category: Nursing - Registered Nurse Work Shift/Schedule: 12 Hr Evening - Morning Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities. About the Role: 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: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.     Educational Requirements: Associate's Degree, ADN or Diploma required   Minimum Experience: At least 2 years of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire   Other: Preferred Job Qualifications   Preferred Licensure or other certifications: BSN   Preferred Educational Requirements:   Preferred Experience:   Other: 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 competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:   Serves as a highly engaged and full partner on the care team and responds willingly to care team member needs for assistance.   Adapts to change and demonstrates flexibility     Leads interdisciplinary rounds to facilitate appropriateness of care and smooth transitions across the continuum   Positively impacts the work environment by displaying respect for individuals and the organization   Exemplary Professional Practice   Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:   Effectively applies the nursing process 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   Demonstrates initiative and seeks formal and informal opportunities to improve clinical practice within specialty area   Demonstrates critical thinking in the identification of clinical, social, safety, psychological, ethical and spiritual issues within the episode of care   Effectively delegates care as appropriate while retaining accountability for the quality of care given to patients and families   Demonstrates   the ability to   communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team including physicians and advanced practice providers; incorporates Safety behavior and error prevention tools   Incorporates Sister Simone Roach’s 7 Cs of Caring: Ctheory by incorporating the seven Cs of Caring: Compassion, Competence, Confidence, Conscience, Commitment, Comportment, Creativity into daily work and practice     New Knowledge, Innovation & Improvement   Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:   Creates an environment of open dialogue, inquiry, and continuous development by asking for feedback and improving practice   Identifies opportunities for quality improvement to colleagues and management.   Applies evidence-based practice as a regular aspect of professional practice   Ensures improvements in the practice setting by assuming responsibility for self-development in life-long learning.   Serves as a resource for students   Structural Empowerment   Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:   Demonstrates an understanding of cultural intelligence, diversity, equity, and inclusion,   lateral violence, and impairment and holds peers accountable for healthy relationships   Demonstrating deep interdependence by valuing team member contributions, talents, and skills   Models safe work hours, time management, efficiency, and stewardship   Supports unit-based shared governance activities while on duty   Actively participates in unit-based selfcare activities.      Continually evaluate work processes with the goal of improvement, to achieve our strategic initiatives   Achieves and maintains de-escalation training certification as appropriate for work unit      Empirical Outcomes   Demonstrates competence in RN I performance expectations in addition to:   Supports in quality of care activities, evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice   Supports unit-ba