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Job Summary
- Company
- Atlanta Medical Center
- Location
- Atlanta, GA 30312
- Industries
- Healthcare Services
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employee
- Years of Experience
- 1+ to 2 Years
- Education Level
- Associate Degree
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Contact Information
- Atlanta Medical Center
- Phone: 404-265-3341
- Fax: 404-265-3991
Staff Nurse - RN
About the Job
Atlanta Medical Center, formerly Georgia Baptist Medical Center, is a 467-bed Regional Level I Trauma teaching facility sprawled across two city blocks near the heart of downtown Atlanta. Accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Atlanta Medical Center has an esteemed tradition of commitment to excellence in patient care and service to the community. The medical center provides general medical, surgical and women's services, as well as specialized programs in cardiology, oncology, perinatology, neonatology, orthopaedics, rehabilitation, psychiatry, neurosurgery, same day surgery and trauma. We are firmly committed to maintaining a tradition of excellence in teaching - combining knowledge, technique and technology in every area of modern medicine.
We are an employer of choice as well as a leader in healthcare. In 2011, Atlanta Medical Center was 1 of only 8 Tenet hospitals to receive Tenet's elite Circle of Excellence award and we were also named as one of the Top Work Places by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. AMC received the Circle of Excellence award in 2010 as well. In 2008, Atlanta Medical Center was named as one of the Top Ten Best Places to Work by the Atlanta Magazine. This ranking placed AMC as the highest in the healthcare industry. In 2006 and 2005 we again received Tenet's Circle of Excellence award. AMC was named as one of the Best Places to Make a Difference by the Atlanta Magazine in 2004. The Atlanta Business Chronicle named Atlanta Medical Center as one of the Top Five Best Places to Work in Atlanta in 2003 and in 2002 we tied for First Place as the Best Place to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Atlanta Medical Center is also highly committed to providing quality services to our patients. We hold the following designations:
Bariatric Center of Excellence
Gold Plus Stroke Center (the 1st in Georgia)
American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines: Gold in Heart Failure
American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines: Gold in Coronary Artery Disease
American Stroke Association's Get with the Guidelines: Gold in Stroke
2011 "Top Performer on Key Quality Measures" recognition from Joint Commission (1 of only 405 hospitals nationwide to receive this honor - 1 of only 162 hospitals nationwide to receive recognition in all four major measure sets)
AMC has a 96.5% quality rating (which exceeds state and national averages) and is a regional Level I Trauma Center that receives patients from 67 other hospitals.
Some of the duties may include, but are not limited to:
Performs comprehensive systematic patient assessments within scope of practice, policies and procedures
Documentation is performed according to hospital policy
Promotes individualized instructions and dissemination of information to patients/family regarding Plan of Care
Initiates appropriate actions or interventions in response to patients' condition
Coordinates ongoing comprehensive patient reassessment according to unit guidelines, patients condition and responses treatment
Performs appropriate screens to assess patients nutritional, fuctional and discharge status
Initiates a written plan of care within 24 hours of admission
Evaluates a patient response to plan of care and revises as appropriate
Ensures communication to support the plan of care with patient/significant other and other healthcare team members
Implements the patients written plan of care
Obtains, verifies, administers and documents medications as per policies and procedures
Initiates, administers and observes intravenous therapy according to hospital policies and procedures
Performs or assists in procedures and therapies in accordance with policies and procedures and scope of practice guidelines
Provides individualized instruction to patients and/or significant others regarding the plan of care and documents their understanding
Initiates and documents actions or interventions based on patients condition and plan of care
Provides psychosocial support and motivation to enable patients to function at their optimal level of independence
Ensures patient's informed consent of procedures and therapies
Evaluates and documents the patients response to plans of care and progress toward expected outcomes; revises plan as appropriate
AMC has the following units:
Critical Care
Emergency Room
Med/surg / Oncology
Trauma / Post Surgical
Post Eleective Surgery
Operating Room
Same Day Surgery
Cath Lab
Forensics
Labor and Delivery
Mother Baby
Special Care Nursery
Behavioral Health - Geriatric
Behavioral Health - Adult
Telemetry
Rehab
Candidates for the RN/ Registered Nurse should meet the following requirements:
1. Hold and maintain a Georgia license to practice as a Registered Nurse / RN.
2. ADN/BSN - BSN strongly desired
3. BLS (Required)
4 ACLS (Preferred - required in ICU)
5. Previous experience in specalty of interest preferred.
The successful candidate will have:
1. Ability to apply sound judgment with clinical skills to ensure optimal patient care
2. Accepts and supports changes in work assignments as related to department and patient needs.
3. Participates in all departmental and hospital wide educations offerings, mandatory for position along with an ongoing pursuit of Continuing Education Credits in clinical subjects, management, personal growth and development.
4. Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective quality outcomes
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Please apply online at www.atlantamedcenter.com or email your resume to: cheryl.beasley@tenethealth.com .
Please apply online at www.atlantamedcenter.com or email your resume to: cheryl.beasley@tenethealth.com .
