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Atlanta Medical Center comprises of 2 acute care hospital campuses with a total of 762 beds, Atlanta Medical Center and Atlanta Medical Center South. Together, Atlanta Medical Center is the second largest licensed-bed hospital in Georgia. We are an organization that has a Culture of Caring. If you are in your profession because you care about your patients, you care about quality, you care about customer service and you take pride in working hard to get the job done; then consider joining the Atlanta Medical Center family. Atlanta Medical Center is a 460 bed, Level I Trauma Center that offers a very fast paced work environment with a wide variety of patient diagnosis. Atlanta Medical Center - South is a 302 bed community hospital with a friendly "family" atmosphere and has been an integral part of providing for the medical needs of South Fulton, Coweta, Fayette, Clayton and Douglas communities since 1963. So whether you're looking for a community hospital or a large teaching hospital environment, Atlanta Medical Center has a campus for you!
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, 2006 and 2005 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. 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 1 st 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
Qualifications
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, ACLS and PALS (Required)
4. Previous experience in specalty of interest required.
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