Staff RN III-CS
Company: Northside Hospital
Location: Canton
Posted on: March 11, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Northside Hospital is award-winning,
state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the
quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities
creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals
in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career
at Northside today. The Registered Professional Nurse at Northside
Hospital independently plans and provides professional nursing care
to patients in accordance with physician orders and established
guidelines, and in accordance with the scope of practice as defined
by the Georgia Nurse Practice Act. The American Nurses
Association's (ANA) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Nursing
Practice, 3rd Edition (2015), provides a definition of nursing as:
'Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health
and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of
healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and
treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of
individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.'
Furthermore, the scope of practice of the registered nurse and the
corresponding standards and competencies are dependent on the
nurse's education, experience, role and population served (ANA,
Scope and Standards of Practice, 2015, p 2.). The practice of
professional nursing at Northside Hospital utilizes ANA's Scope and
Standards Practice: 1. Clinical Knowledge and Practice .
Assessment, Diagnosis, Outcomes Identification, Planning,
Implementation, Evaluation; Clinical Information Systems; Patient
Care Technology. 2. Professional Practice . Communication,
Culturally Congruent Practice, Ethics, Professional Practice
Evaluation and Resource Utilization 3. Leadership . Collaboration,
Community Involvement, and Environmental Health 4. Professional
Development . Education of Self and Others, Expansion of Knowledge,
Advancement of Practice, Contribution to the Professional/Clinical
Specialty 5. Evidence-Based Practice, Quality and Research .
Evidence-based Practice, Nursing Research, Quality of Practice,
Patient Satisfaction Scores, External Reporting/Benchmarks The
Northside Hospital Staff Registered Professional Nurse manages
patient care of an assigned group of patients in accordance with
the philosophy and policies of Northside Hospital. Additionally,
the practice of all professional nurses at Northside Hospital
reflects the values of collaboration, communication, coordination,
integration, and empowerment. Northside Hospital Staff Registered
Nurse positions are based on a sequential progression from a novice
nurse to an expert. The job descriptions for Staff Nurse I to VI
therefore imply that a nurse who is employed at a specific level
possess the knowledge, skills and critical thinking capabilities of
all prior levels. KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR
CERTIFICATION REQUIRED 1. Must be a graduate of an accredited
school of nursing 2. Licensed as an RN in the State of Georgia in
good standing without limitations. 3. Must hold American Heart
Association’s Basic Cardiac Life Support (BLS). KNOWLEDGE SKILLS
AND ABILITIES/LICENSE OR CERTIFICATION PREFERRED: 1. BSN degree 2.
Two (2) years of experience as a Registered Professional Nurse
(RN). 3. Additional Life Support credential (ACLS, PALS, NRP, etc.)
or other clinical specialty certifications in specific units. 4.
Visual color acuity depending on the role in specific units
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