Registered Nurses -Med/Surg and ER - Nights

Mountain Lakes Medical Center in Clayton, GA has both full time and part time Registered Nurse openings in the Emergency Department AND Med/Surg. Full job description **ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPERVISION ** DIRECT SUPERVISION BY:Charge Nurse thenChief Nursing Officer **JOB SUMMARY ** Responsible for the care and supervision of a group of patients, for a designated time frame. Provide care to these patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, both direct and indirect. Utilize the environment, available instrumentation, and other health care team members, as appropriate, to provide care to the patients. Contribute to the administrative functioning of the nursing unit. Assists patients in meeting psychological needs and physiological needs. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES - Formulate a plan of care for each of the patients under the nurse's care; following established standards of patient care and departmental policy; giving attention to physical, psychosocial, educational, and discharge needs of the patient and family. Initiates the assessment by developing a written plan of care using assessment data. {=html} - Documents every patient problems including knowledge, and coping skill development. - Makes prompt notification to the physician about situations that require immediate intervention. - Perform direct nursing care through utilization of the nursing process and in accordance with established policies and procedures. - Collaborate with health team members to ensure safe practice by following pre-established policies in the delivery of care. - Communicate information verbally and in writing. - Plan and implement learning experience to meet personnel needs, along with unit and departmental requirements through formal or informal education. - Attends and participates in quality improvement treatment team meetings. - Participate in departmental Continuous Quality Improvement and Assurance activities. - Assign patient care to other professional and ancillary nursing personnel to ensure that quality patient care is given. - Attend at least 80% of scheduled staff and in-service education meetings, annually. - Proactive patient and family teaching role. Explain medication requirement, necessity for medication. - Ensure that the unit is stocked and run efficiently. - Complete required documentation duties in a timely, accurate, and concise manner. - Ensure that controlled substance counts are correct during his/her shift. - Maintain confidentiality of all patient and personal information and protect the patients' rights. - Function with an awareness and application of safety issues as identified within the hospital. - Perform efficiently in emergency situations following established protocols, with appropriate communication and documentation. - Assist nurse managers to supervise and evaluate personnel performance and nursing care. - Demonstrate an awareness of self-responsibility and accountability for own professional practice. - Comply with unit and hospital dress code. - Participate actively in staff development activities and assist with orientation of new nursing personnel to the unit. - Demonstrate awareness of legal issues in all aspects of patient care and unit. - Demonstrate effective communication methods and skills, using appropriate lines of authority. - Coordinate patient care with other health care members: - Identify patients with risk factors, compliance problems, and other special needs, and refer to the discharge planner as appropriate. - Manage all referral consultations requested by physician. - Perform other duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: EDUCATION AND TRAINING - Graduate of an approved nursing program. - Currently licensed as RN or LPN by the Georgia Board of Nursing. - Familiar with equipment, tools, and work aids used in the del very of patient care on a designated unit. - BLS certification required. - Appropriate certification and documentation of special training in special care areas. MINIMUM WORK EXPERIENCE - Possess knowledge of the nursing process, including skills for the assigned area of duty. - Proficient in the administration of IV therapy. PHYSICAL DEMANDS Ability to walk or stand for long periods. Ability to move heavy patients and equipment. Repeated bending, squatting, and stoop