Job Description:

One of the major healthcare organizations in Gainesville, GA is seeking Registered Nurses to support individual units across the healthcare system. Some of their highest needs include, General Surgery, Emergency Department, and Med Surg.

Qualifications:

• Licensure or other certifications: Licensed to practice as an RN in Georgia.
• Educational Requirements: BSN
• Minimum Experience: At least 1 year of RN experience – Demonstrated competence in RN I performance expectations or meets experience requirements upon hire
• BLS certification

The General Surgery unit is a 44-bed nursing unit equipped with negative pressure and 2 with bariatric ceiling lifts. Care is rendered to patients with a variety of specialties including, but not limited to:

• Bariatric surgery including gastric bypass, gastric sleeve, duodenal switch, and revisional cases

• Urology diagnosis and procedures

• Oncology gynecology surgery

• General surgery including major bowel procedures

• Vascular surgery procedures

• Plastic surgery including skin grafts, flaps and reconstructive surgery

• Podiatry

• Other medical and surgical patients in times of high census

Additionally, nurses provide care and monitoring for patients with IV patient-controlled analgesia, nurses are competent in the care of patients with the following: nephrostomy tubes, continuous bladder irrigations, biliary drains, Jackson Pratt drains, Constavac drains, epidurals, chest tubes, tracheostomy tubes, and peritoneal dialysis. Nurses who have completed competencies may access and de-access Portacaths, and perform negative pressure wound dressing changes.

The Emergency Department supports a level 1 trauma center comprised of 84 patient rooms. This department fulfills the following responsibilities:

• Provides care for the emergent and non-emergent population

• Assessing patients’ healthcare needs, stabilizing as is possible, and evaluating patients with life threatening conditions, providing services immediately indicated.

• Establishing and maintaining necessary training programs to provide ED and community personnel with the basic skills to intervene in life threatening situations

• Communicating the availability of follow up care as provided by the hospital or other community health care services

Med Surg units vary across the entire healthcare system.