Registered Nurse (RN) - Atrium Health Kings Mountain Progressive Care Unit - FT Nights

Overview

Shift Details: Full Time Nights; 36 hours/week 7p-7am including every third weekend and on call

This position is Sign-on Bonus eligible. Experienced RNs with a minimum of 1 year of experience are eligible for a bonus of $20,000 for Full Time positions, and $10,000 for Part Time positions. In addition to the sign-on bonus, new teammates at Atrium Health are eligible for robust benefits packages, paid time off, and a Career Advancement Ladder that rewards you for years of experience within your area of specialty.

Atrium Health Kings Mountain, a facility of Atrium Health Cleveland, first opened in 1951 as Kings Mountain Hospital. Since then, it has earned national distinction for patient care and clinical excellence. In 2015, Kings Mountain was named a Top Rural Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization focused on quality and safety in healthcare.
Atrium Health Kings Mountain is a 67-bed hospital with a broad range of services, from 24/7 emergency services and heart care to behavioral health and rehabilitation.

Atrium Health Kings Mountain North/Progressive Care unit consists of 32 beds serving medical/surgical and progressive care patients. Our unit displays extraordinary teamwork in a steady patient flow environment. We work closely with the physicians, case management, and therapy partners to ensure a multi-disciplinary approach. Our primary diagnosis among our population consists of pneumonia, rule out chest pain, and stroke being among the most common. Our unit culture is one where teamwork is essential, teammates are supportive, and everyone works together for the betterment of the patients. Perks of Atrium Health include professional development, shared governance, recognition & rewards, and many more educational and financial benefits. The ideal candidate is a team-player, accountable, caring, and appreciates autonomy. We look forward to YOU joining our team.

Job Summary
The RN Clinical Nurse I provides professional nursing care through skillful assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation in accordance with facility or department policies procedures, and/or protocols under the supervision of the nursing leader. Assists in maintaining a safe work environment and performs all related job responsibilities in a safe manner. Maintains clinical and professional competency as appropriate to the population of patients served.

Essential Functions
•    Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation. Analyzes the assessment data to determine actual or potential diagnoses, problems, and issues.
•    Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
•    Develops a plan that prescribes strategies to attain expected, measurable outcomes.
•    Implements the identified plan, coordinates care delivery, and employs strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
•    Delegates elements of care to appropriate healthcare workers in accordance with any applicable legal or policy parameters or principles.
•    Evaluates progress toward attainment of goals and outcomes.
•    Practices in a manner that is congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
•    Communicates effectively in all areas of practice.
•    Collaborates with healthcare consumer and other key stakeholders in the conduct of nursing practice.
•    Leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
•    Integrates evidence and research findings into practice.
•    Contributes to quality nursing practice.
•    Evaluates one's own and others nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations.
•    Utilizes appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain evidence-based nursing services that are safe, effective, and fiscally responsible.
•    Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
•    Practices ethically.
•    Promotes shared governance, or facility decision making activities, developing and nurturing research to positively affect clinical outcomes and promotion.

 Physical Requirements
Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, and touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient and/or unit conditions. Physical Abilities Testing required.

Education, Experience and Certifications.
Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN preferred. Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Provider status according to American Heart Association. Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works.