Registered Nurse RN - ICU / CCU - 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 :

This 24 bed ICU / CCU provides comprehensive care to medical / surgical / neurological / patients requiring intense monitoring and nursing care.

The scope of care includes the nursing management of patients : (1) who experience the acute onset of any disease affecting any organ system, (2) who are at risk of developing life-threatening complications as a result of their acute disease state or injury, and (3) who suffer exacerbations of chronic disease states.

Patient care in the ICU / CCU includes early detection and prevention of complications, management of complex physiological problems, patient / family education, and family psychosocial support.

The Critical Care is (4) also responsible for providing care for patients who need cardiac care or intervention. Hemodynamic monitoring provides comprehensive care to cardiac patients requiring intense monitoring and nursing care.

Patient care for cardiac patients includes early detection and prevention of complications, management of complex physiological problems, patient / family education, and family psychosocial support.

The unit provides care for patients with, but not limited to :

• STEMI and non -STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction)
• Heart Failure
• CRRT (Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy)
• Existing LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) implant
• IABP (Intra- Aortic Balloon Pump)
• Advanced ventilator management needs
• Continuous vasoactive drug therapy
• Cardiogenic shock

Care is also provided for patients who are unstable after cardiac interventions or have experienced cardiac arrest.

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 1 year 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-based activities aimed at the ownership improving the patient’s experience, employee engagement, and / or nurse sensitive indicators on the unit with a focus on improvement

Physical Demands

Weight Lifted : Up to 100 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

Weight Carried : Up to 50 lbs, Occasionally 0-30% of time

Vision : Moderate, Frequently 31-65% of time

Kneeling / Stooping / Bending : Frequently 31-65% of time

Standing / Walking : Frequently 31-65% of time

Pushing / Pulling : Frequently 31-65% of time

Intensity of Work : Frequently 31-65% of time

Job Requires : Reading, Writing, Reasoning, Talking, Keyboarding

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Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.