Registered Nurse, Enterprise Staffing Pool, ICU, 7a-7:30p, 7p-7:30a, Full-time, Part-time

Overview

Enterprise Staffing Pool (ESP) is Emory Healthcare’s internal agency/float pool covering 11 hospitals and over 300 clinic locations. Hospital locations are Emory University, Emory Midtown, Emory Saint Joseph’s, Emory Johns Creek, Emory Ortho & Spine Hospital, Emory Decatur, Emory Hillandale, Emory LTAC Hospital, Emory Wesley Woods Hospital, Emory Smyrna and Emory Rehab Hospital.

Description

Position Details and Responsiblities 

• Serves as a resource to colleagues (such as lesser experienced nurses) and strong advocate for patients/families.
• Develops, revises policies and procedures that pertain to specialized patient populations and/or unit and hospital practices.
• Functions as the charge nurse as assigned. Makes patient care assignments. Manages conflict and explores problem solving alternatives.
• Maintains courteous and professional behavior at all times.
• Assesses assigned patients; reviews medical history, admitting diagnosis, physician's orders, nursing history, and evaluation of diagnostic data. Interviews patient and family to determine patient needs; communicates these to interdisciplinary health care team members as appropriate.
• Determines appropriate nursing interventions for identified problems, symptoms, behavioral changes. Identifies appropriate standards of care and/or collaborative clinical pathways to guide the plan of care; revises as appropriate.
• Administers direct nursing care to assigned patients based on priorities and timeframes.
• Evaluates patients' responses to delivery of nursing care and patient education for self-care. Keeps patient and family up to date on progress.
• Develops, conducts and evaluates patient and family education in discussing plan of care. Teaches family and patient to perform specific procedures; documents activities. When required explains rational and/or principles behind the physiology or consequences of treatments.
• Determines and mobilizes equipment and resources necessary for successful patient care; seeks assistance in completing nursing interventions.
• Works with manager to formulate plan for professional development. Attends educational in-services as appropriate. Participates in professional activities and organizations to maintain knowledge of current trends, practices, and developments.
• Following established charting procedures, documents all aspects of patient care to show progress or changes in patient's condition.
• Collaborates with members of the health care team to determine patient needs and needs of significant others in planning the treatment.
• Attends scheduled staff meetings. Provides clinical guidance to students and ancillary staff.
• Demonstrates competency in all new equipment and procedures.
• Serves on unit based committees.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Selection Criteria

Internal Candidates: 

• Minimum of Advanced Nurse Clinician PLAN Achievements with achievement of Preceptor or Nurse Scholar within 1 year of joining (optional for PRN’s)
• No active progressive disciplinary action within the last 18 months
• Letter of recommendation from a Specialty Director or Service Line Director or above
• Matches with role on objective pre-interview assessment
• Objective interview Rubric Score greater than four (>4) for Targeted Selection

External Candidates:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Two and ½ years of recent and relevant experience in specialty area excluding residencies
• Professional licensure in good standing (no history of board actions)
• BLS/ACLS/PALS/FHM required as relevant to the role and specialty
• Professional certification in at least 1 relevant specialty area
• Willingness to complete PLAN requirements within 6 months of employment
• Matches with role on objective pre-employment assessment
• Objective interview Rubric Score Greater than four (>4)