The Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities (DBHDD) is currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of Registered Nurse -Charge at Georgia Regional Hospital - Atlanta, located in Decatur, GA.

Salary: $76,666.00

Positions available on the various units/shifts

Job Description:

Plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for a unit or shift. Ensures that staff assess client health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Oversees the provision and quality of nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled clients. Advises clients on health maintenance and disease prevention or provide case management. Supervises and plans work of assigned staff.

Job Responsibilities & Performance Standards:

• Supervises and plans work of assigned staff
• Administers prescribed medications or starts intravenous fluids, and notes times and amounts on clients' charts
• Consults and coordinates with health care team members to assess, plan, implement and evaluate client care plans
• Maintains accurate, detailed reports and client records
• Modifies client treatment plans as indicated by clients' responses and conditions
• Monitors all aspects of client care, including diet and physical activity
• Monitors, records and reports symptoms and changes in clients' conditions
• Observes nurses and visits clients to ensure that proper nursing care is provided
• Prepares clients for, and assists with, examinations and treatments
• Prepares rooms, sterile instruments, equipment and supplies, and ensures that stock of supplies is maintained
• Provides education to client and family
• Provides health care, first aid, immunizations and assistance in convalescence and rehabilitation.

Technical Competencies:

• Ability to assess, plan for, and provide basic nursing skills; knows procedures including developing, implementing and revising plan of care
• Knowledge of nursing policies, procedures, protocols, treatments, standards of care and nurse practice act
• Knowledge of the procedures for medication administration and can administer oral, sublingual and IV medications; knowledge of pharmacology
• Knowledge of immunization regulations and protocols
• Ability to perform CPR and for some sites, AED
• Skills in supervision/leadership, including team leadership, performance management, training/teaching, decision making and delegation; knowledge of employee job classifications and responsibilities
• Ability to plan for unit needs.

Due to the volume of resumes/applications received, we are unable to provide information on application status by phone or email.  Please be assured that your resume/application will be evaluated and we will contact you if we need clarification or additional information.  Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted by the hiring agency.

This position is subject to close at any time once a satisfactory applicant pool has been identified.

FOR THIS TYPE OF EMPLOYMENT, STATE LAW REQUIRES A NATIONAL AND STATE BACKGROUND CHECK AS A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT.