FT 7p-7a Night RN Med-Surge/Tele

Job Summary

The RN Clinical Nurse is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment administered by Nurse Managers and supported through the Wellstar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the Wellstar Professional Practice Model and evidence-based practice and research.

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, analytical/critical thinking, and ensuring care is individualized; coordinates care through effective partnerships.
• Provides relationship-based patient-centered care consistent with population-specific characteristics (e.g., age, gender, disease) adapting service delivery to reflect cultural diversity.
• Partners with the patient and significant others using appropriate methods (e.g., bedside shift report; interdisciplinary rounds; just-in-time and planned patient teaching; keeping patients updated and making patient 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, timely documentation, and a respectful, inclusive clinical environment.
• Demonstrates teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a fiscally responsible manner and promoting recruitment and retention of all healthcare team members.
• Participates in and supports performance improvement, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care, including initiating and/or leading such activities and supporting shared governance at all levels.

Professional Development and Initiative

• Completes all initial and ongoing professional competency assessments, required mandatory education, and population-specific education.
• Serves as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses (and staff or students) to ensure a current and future qualified workforce, modeling professional nursing practice and creating a healthy work environment.

Evidence Based Practice and Research

• Promotes evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing; participates in activities such as value analysis in evaluating patient care products.
• Upholds all healthcare system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies, including legal, regulatory, and accreditation requirements and standards such as TJC Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes.
• Participates in data collection, poses relevant clinical questions to advanced evidence-based practice, consults appropriate experts, and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.

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 healthcare team to achieve best practice outcomes (e.g., decrease re-admission rates, avoidable days, adverse events).
• Supports efficient and effective use of human and material resources.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct.