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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 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 1 year of employment(at Nurse Scholar level). Optional for PRNs

• Matches with role on objective pre-employment assessment

• Objective interview Rubric Score Greater than four (>4)

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Division Emory Healthcare Inc.

Campus Location Atlanta, GA, 30322

Campus Location US-GA-Atlanta

Department EHI Enterprise Staffing Pool

Job Type Regular Full-Time

Job Number 89476

Job Category Nursing

Schedule Other

Standard Hours 36 Hours

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