Registered Nurse - Barrow Operating Room - PRN Days
Northeast Georgia Health System, Inc.

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Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is a non-profit community health system on a mission of improving the health of our community in all we do. Our team cares for more than 1 million people across the region through four hospitals and a variety of outpatient locations. Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has campuses in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder and Dahlonega - with a total of more than 700 beds and more than 1,100 medical staff members representing more than 50 specialties. NGHS also encompasses Northeast Georgia Physicians Group, a multi-specialty group with more than 65 locations, and The Heart Center of Northeast Georgia Medical Center, a cardiology practice with more than 15 locations.

This Operating Room Registered Nurse position is PRN Days.

Hours: Weekdays, 7:00am - 3:30pm

PRN Requirement: Required to be scheduled for five (5) shifts per department schedule

Location: NGMC Barrow Operating Room

Department Overview: Three operating rooms may be utilized for the following types of inpatient and outpatient surgeries: ENT, General, Orthopedics, Plastics, Urological, Podiatry and Ophthalmologic, Neurological/Spine

Job Summary:

Capable Registered Nurse clinician with previous Operating Room 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. Is a professional member of VOICE professional nursing shared governance providing feedback on issues being addressed at meetings. Participates as a member on VOICE 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 Requirements:

• Licensed to practice as a RN in Georgia. Preferred: National certification in clinical specialty as eligible.
• Preferred: Membership is professional organization.
• Associate Nursing Degree Required; Bachelor of Nursing Degree Preferred.
• One year of experience as a professional RN. New graduate RNs or those with less than one year of experience will be referred to the RN Residency Program. Long Term Care: preferred one-year experience.

Working at NGHS means being part of something special: a team invested in you as a person, an employee, and in helping you reach your goals.

Northeast Georgia Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not tolerate discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected classification or status.

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