Works under the direction of the manager to facilitate daily operations, including patient flow, staffing assignments, safe patient care, and to promote a healthy work environment at Children's.
Experience
- Minimum 2 years’ healthcare experience required
Preferred Qualifications
- 1 year of Clinical Nurse 3-5 level or management/administrative experience in a healthcare setting
Education
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Certification Summary
- Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association within 30 days of employment or upon start of clinical shift if working in the Emergency Department (ED)
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) certification from the American Heart Association within 1 year of employment as required by department specifications
- Professional Nursing certification deemed by department required upon one year of hire
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
Job Responsibilities
Practice (Caring for the Patient)
- Supports environment for delivery of care.
- Acts as clinical resource for patient population in area.
- Maintains competence to provide and/or assist with clinical care.
Development (Fostering Clinical Knowledge)
- Participates in educational process related to delivery of healthcare.
- Maintains own professional development.
- Fosters professional development of others via constructive performance feedback, input, and coaching.
- Understands and supports Children's Healthcare of Atlanta's nursing career advancement program, My Nursing Career Path.
Engagement (Engaging and Leading Professionally)
- Participates actively in and supports shared leadership councils.
- Fosters collegial relationships between team members, other departments, and medical staff members.
- Demonstrates fiscal responsibility in supporting budget, productivity, and resource utilization.
- May serve as unit leader on shift in absence of manager.
- Drives and effectively facilitates admission, transfer, and discharge process, ensuring efficient and safe patient flow through collaboration with physicians, inter-professional team, hospital leadership, and staff.
- Removes or escalates barriers to appropriate leader.
Outcomes (Driving Excellent Results)
- Participates in achievement of organization and departmental goals.
- Supports plans for system and unit change.
- Supports regulatory agency readiness.
- Monitors activities within work environment to maintain a culture of safety.
- Demonstrates commitment and flexibility through times of change.
35 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE
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