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:

The Women & Children Resource Pool consists of 3 subset teams known as “Pods” (Labor & Delivery Pod, NICU Pod, and Mother Baby/Pediatric/Step Down NICU Pod).  The team works within the Women & Children service areas of Northeast Georgia Healthcare System and will report to our Gainesville, Braselton, and/or Demorest (Habersham) locations.  Each “pod” is specialized according to patient population and requires 2 years of RN experience specific to specialty of the pod.

Labor & Delivery Department’s Overview

The Gainesville Labor and Delivery Unit, consisting of 18 labor/delivery/recovery beds, 8 triage beds, 4 operating rooms and 6 PACU bays.

The Braselton Labor and Delivery Unit, consisting of 10 labor/delivery/recovery, 2 triage beds, 2 operating rooms and 2 PACU bays.

The Habersham LDRP (Labor/Delivery/Recovery/Postpartum) unit consists of 9 labor/delivery/recovery/post-partum beds, 1 triage bed, and a 2 bed well baby nurserys.

Care provided to women and infants seeking treatment includes, but is not limited to:

·         Laboring patients

·         Scheduled inductions

·         Cesarean sections

·         Obstetrical emergencies

·         Intrauterine fetal demise / miscarriage

·         OB outpatient visits

·         Well newborn admission

·         Postpartum (mother/baby) couplet care

Treatments are performed under the orders of NGMC credentialed physicians, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and nurse practitioners who have privileges to practice at NGMC; and within the policies and procedures of NGMC and the scope of practice for registered nurses as defined by State of Georgia.

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 2 years 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 necessa