Job Category:

Nursing - Registered Nurse

Work Shift/Schedule:

8 Hr Evening - Morning

Northeast Georgia Health System is rooted in a foundation of improving the health of our communities.

About the Role:

Gainesville Mother Baby

Schedule: Wednesday 3pm-11pm and Thursday 11pm-7am

Department Overview

The Mother Baby Unit, consisting of 30 postpartum beds, provides comprehensive postpartum/newborn care to each mother, infant and family within the framework of Northeast Georgia Medical Center’s mission statement.

Low to moderate risk postpartum patients, adolescence through middle age, are transferred to the Mother Baby Unit approximately 120 minutes after delivery. This includes patients with well newborns as well as those with sick newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Each postpartum patient’s physiologic needs are addressed including: control of pain, management of obstetrical complications including consultation with physical therapy, breastfeeding complications or compromise in major organ systems. Each newborn’s physiological needs are addressed including: absence or control of pain, management of feeding problems and /or compromise in major organ systems.

Each postpartum patient/family’s psychological, spiritual and knowledge deficits are assessed and addressed.

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

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