About This Role
This nursing role is for a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team, providing individualized, high-quality, and safe patient care. The role involves practicing in a clinical environment supported by the Wellstar Shared Governance Model and Professional Practice Model, focusing on evidence-based practice and research.
Responsibilities
- Perform the Nursing Process (assessment, diagnosis, identification of outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation) using evidence-based practice and analytical/critical thinking
- Coordinate care through effective partnerships, recognizing that caring is central to achieving optimal patient care outcomes
- Provide relationship-based patient-centered care consistent with population-specific characteristics and cultural diversity
- Partner with the patient and significant others using appropriate methods for setting and purpose (e.g., bedside shift report, interdisciplinary rounds, patient teaching)
- Practice using current clinical practice standards
- Coordinate the delivery and documentation of safe quality patient care that promotes the professional care delivery model
- Demonstrate teamwork and collaboration by practicing in a fiscally responsible manner and promoting the recruitment and retention of healthcare team members
- Participate in and support performance improvement, research, and research utilization to promote safe, quality patient care
- Complete all initial and ongoing professional competency assessment, required mandatory education, and population-specific education
- Serve as a preceptor and/or mentor for other professional nurses and staff/students to ensure a qualified workforce and healthy work environment
- Promote evidence-based practice, nursing research, and performance improvement in nursing
- Participate in activities such as value analysis in evaluating patient care products
- Uphold all healthcare system/organizational policies and procedures and clinical competencies
- Participate in data collection and pose relevant clinical questions to advance evidence-based practice
- Consult appropriate experts and use appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions
- Proactively plan for the care of patients across the care continuum
- Participate in the development of protocols and procedures in collaboration with care managers and other healthcare team members
- Support efficient and effective use of human and material resources
- Perform other duties as assigned
- Comply with all Wellstar Health System policies, standards of work, and code of conduct
Requirements
- Associates Nursing or Diploma (Nurse) Nursing or Bachelors Nursing-Preferred
