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Job Description
Overview
Northside Hospital is awardwinning stateoftheart and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.
Responsibilities
The Registered Professional Nurse at Northside Hospital independently plans and provides professional nursing care to patients in accordance with physician orders and established guidelines and in accordance with the scope of practice as defined by the Georgia Nurse Practice Act. The American Nurses Associations (ANA) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice 3rd Edition 2015 provides a definition of nursing as: Nursing is the protection promotion and optimization of health and abilities prevention of illness and injury facilitation of healing alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response and advocacy in the care of individuals families groups communities and populations. Furthermore the scope of practice of the registered nurse and the corresponding standards and competencies are dependent on the nurses education experience role and population served (ANA Scope and Standards of Practice 2015 p 2.. The practice of Professional Nursing at Northside Hospital utilizes ANAs Scope and Standards of Professional Practice and Professional Performance incorporates two additional components of clinical practice and classifies all elements into five domains: 1. Clinical Knowledge and Practice . Assessment Diagnosis Outcomes Identification Planning Implementation Evaluation; Clinical Information Systems (Documentation); Patient Care Technology. 2. Professional Practice . Communication Culturally Congruent Practice Ethics Professional Practice Evaluation and Resource Utilization 3. Leadership . Collaboration Community Involvement Environmental Health and Leadership 4. Professional Development . Education of Self and Others Expansion of Knowledge Advancement of Practice Contribution to the Professional/Clinical Specialty 5. EvidenceBased Practice Quality and Research . Evidencebased Practice Nursing Research Quality of Practice Patient Satisfaction Scores External Reporting/Benchmarks The Staff Registered Professional Nurse III (Staff RN III) is licensed to practice professional nursing in the state of Georgia in good standing and without limitations; has a minimum of two years 2 years fulltime experience as a registered professional nurse and has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree an Associate Degree (AD) or a Diploma in Nursing. The Northside Hospital Staff RN III manages care of an assigned group of patients in accordance with the philosophy and policies of the nursing division to include the Northside Nursing Collaborative Care Model. The practice of all professional nurses at Northside Hospital reflects the values of collaboration communication coordination integration and empowerment. Northside Hospital Staff Registered Nurse positions are based on a sequential progression from a novice nurse to an expert. The job descriptions for Staff RN I to Staff RN VI therefore imply that a nurse who is employed at a specific level possesses the knowledge skills competencies and critical thinking abilities of all prior (lower) levels. As an example the job description for Staff RN III includes all provisions of Staff RN I and II in addition to the specific requirements of the Staff
Qualifications
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION REQUIRED:
- Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Licensed as a RN in the State of Georgia in good standing without limitations.
- Must hold Certified in American Heart Associations Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS).
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED:
- BSN degree
- Two 2 years of experience as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN).
- One 1 year of experience as a Registered Professional Nurse (RN) in Family Centered Care/Maternal Infant Unit/Neonatal Intensive Care
- Additional Life Support credential (ACLS PALS NRP etc. or other clinical specialty certifications in specific units.
- Visual color acuity depending on the role in specific units.
Work Hours:
Weekend Requirements:
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
