Employment Type:

Full time

Shift:

12 Hour Day Shift

Description:

This position is in Lavonia, GA

Position Purpose:

Registered Nurse – Medical Surgical RN works in a collaborative environment at St Mary’s Health Care System at Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia to deliver excellent patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team providing evidence-based medicine and individualized patient care. A Registered Nurse RN is expected to facilitate all aspects of the patient visit experience. Great opportunity for a Registered Nurse RN professional to work in an organization that focuses on treating the whole person, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.

What you will do:

·         Under limited supervision, the Registered Nurse is responsible for assessing patients, including developing, evaluating, and modifying the care plan. The RN interprets and performs complex patient-care procedures specific to their expertise.

·         RNs are members of the Care Team and Support Team and have accountability to function as a team to accomplish patient outcomes identified in the pathway/plan of care.

·         The Registered Nurse is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for the care given to a group of patients for a designated time frame.

·         The RN provides care to those patients via therapeutic use of self, the nursing process, the environment/technology, and other healthcare team members, according to established standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

·         A current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Georgia.

·         Graduation from an accredited nursing education program approved by the Board of Nursing or found by the Board to be substantially equivalent to the programs in Georgia.

·         Successful completion of a refresher course within the past 6 months if nursing practice has not occurred within the past 5 years.

·         Prior experience in preferred.  New Graduates considered.  

 

Position Highlights and Benefits:

·         Comprehensive benefit packages available on Day One of employment including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 403B, and education assistance

·         We serve together in the spirit of the Gospel as a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities

·         We live and breathe our guiding behaviors: we support each other in serving, we communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions, and we are continuous learners communicate openly, honestly, respectfully, and directly, we are fully present, we are all accountable, we trust and assume goodness in intentions, and we are continuous learners

 

Ministry/Facility Information:

·         Is a private, non-profit, Catholic acute care network serving a multi-county area of Northeast Georgia.  St. Mary’s is a member of Trinity Health. 

·         Strives to live our Mission to be a compassionate and transforming healing presence within our communities, committed to the sacredness of human life and the dignity of each person we serve.  We are guided by our Core Values: Reverence, Commitment to Those Experiencing Poverty, Safety, Justice, Stewardship and Integrity.

·         St. Mary’s is proud to be a Regional Health Ministry in Trinity Health. Trinity Health is one of the nation’s largest Catholic health care systems, serving people multiple states from coast to coast with 88 hospitals.

·         Being a part of a larg