New Graduate RN (Registered Nurse), Pediatrics (Children's Hospital)

Department:

Status:

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

36

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

Pay Range

$34.90 - $52.35

Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital:

Atrium Health Levine Children’s Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital opened in 2019 with one goal: to make sure every child in our area can get exceptional care close to home. Today, we’re the only dedicated children’s hospital in central and south Georgia, with full-service capabilities that include:

• Medical/surgery beds (General Pediatrics)
• Level III neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
• Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU)
• The Pediatric Emergency Center (ER) at Atrium Health Levine Children’s Beverly Knight Olson Children’s Hospital
• Level I trauma center with critical care support
• Specialists in more than 15 areas of pediatric medicine
• Full range of imaging tests at the region’s only pediatric-focused imaging clinic
• Pediatric surgery program recognized by the American College of Surgeons
• Pediatric sleep labs with electroencephalography (EEG)
• Pediatric hospitalists specialized in caring for children in the hospital
• Child life specialists trained to reduce stress for hospitalized children

If needed, we can also easily collaborate with others doctors across Atrium Health Levine Children’s. This includes the specialists at Brenner Children’s Hospital in Winston-Salem, NC, as well as those at Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC, which is named a Best Children’s Hospital by U.S. News & World Report.

Major Responsibilities:

• Engages in unit councils, professional governance, and quality initiatives to improve care processes and apply evidence-based practices.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, diagnose, implement, and evaluate nursing care, engaging patients and families through the continuum of care.
• Monitors patient conditions, adjusts care plans, mobilizes resources, and collaborates with the care team to influence care outcomes.
• Upholds and promotes a culture of safety.
• Continuously evaluates patient, team, and unit outcomes, taking action as needed.
• May administer medications, treatments, and therapies safely and according to clinical protocols and procedures.
• Demonstrates effective communication, feedback, and conflict resolution, fostering team collaboration and appropriate delegation.
• Pursues professional development, completes required education, and maintains certifications.
• Adhere to the ANA Code of Ethics and practices ethical decision-making, respects interdisciplinary roles, and contributes to integrated, unbiased patient care.
• Appropriate delegation to other Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses, and unlicensed assistive personnel (i.e., nurse aides, credentialed medical assistants, etc.).
• Maintains accurate, timely EHR documentation.
• May be required to float to other units, departments, care areas, or facilities within the designated service area to meet patient care needs.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served. Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department's policies and procedures. Age-specific information is developed further in the departmental job standards.

Minimum Job Requirements 

Education

Graduate of a Board of Nursing approved nursing education program.

Certification / Registration / License 

• Basic Life Support (BLS). Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required based on specialty. 
• Active, unrestricted registered nurse (RN) multi-state compact and/or single-state license with privileges to practice in the state(s) where the RN is providing client nursing services 

Note: Licensed nurses practicing via telehealth/telenursing/virtual modalities are requi