Registered Nurse (RN) - Pre Admission Teaching & Testing (PATT)

Company: WellStar Health System
Location: LaGrange
Posted on: October 12, 2021

Job Description:

Overview

Full Time, Day shift position in Pre Admission Teaching & Testing (PATT) | West Georgia Medical Center

• Call Required

*Sign-On Bonus and Relocation assistance offered for qualified experienced RNs*

How would you like to work in a place where your contributions and ideas are valued? A place where you can serve with compassion, pursue excellence and honor every voice? At Wellstar, our mission is simple, yet powerful: to enhance the health and well-being of every person we serve. We are proud to have become a shining example of what's possible when the brightest professionals dedicate themselves to making a difference in the healthcare industry, and in people's lives.

Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse (RN) - Perioperative Services is a proactive member of an interdisciplinary team of licensed and unlicensed care givers who ensure that patients, families and significant others receive individualized high quality, safe patient care. They practice in a clinical environment that is administered by Nurse Managers and other leaders and is supported through the WellStar Shared Governance Model. The framework for practice is steered by the WellStar Professional Practice Model, 5-Star Nursing and evidence based practice and research. RN competencies are derived from these models and supported by the WellStar Core Competencies.

It is expected that all RN Clinical Nurses are licensed, knowledgeable and uphold the practice of nursing as outlined by the Georgia Professional Nurse Practice Act and implements the Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics Standards put forth by the American Nurses Association.

As a member of the patient services team, it is expected that the individual upholds the voiceof the patient, system policies and procedures while supporting service excellence goals.

Qualifications

Required Minimum Education:

• Graduate of an accredited/approved school of nursing: Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of nursing preferred.

Required Minimum Licensure/Certification

• Current/active license as a registered nurse in the State of Georgia;
• Must have a current BLS card from the American Heart Association on the first day of employment in position.
• ACLS/PALS certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) is required within six (6) months of employment.
• National certification in area of specialty preferred.

Required Minimum Experience:

• Experience with direct patient care preferred.

We’d like to invite you on a career journey like no other! In return for your contributions, we’ll help you make the most of all life’s moments – on and off the job. Wellstar Total Rewards is designed to provide for your total well-being, including: Your Wellness, Your Pay, Your Future, Your Joy.  We think it’s pretty simple – we care for our team members and our team members care for the community.

Make a difference in patients’ lives… and your own! Here, it’s more than healthcare – it’s CareerCare!

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