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Job Description:Overview Heart. Soul. Expertise. That's what defines an Emory nurse. Emory Healthcare would like to invite you to join our 37 bed ED that offers an opportunity to work with a diverse patient population. Other highlights of the unit include: * The lowest Door to ED Provider time in the Atlanta Metro area with a median wait time of 14 minutes. This is 11 minutes below the state average and 8 minutes below the national average. We were even recognized for this awesome metric by CBS News. * Received the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Award from the AHA and ASA * This year we also received the Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Gold and Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving Center Gold awards from the American Heart Association. Hospitals receiving the Mission: Lifeline Gold Awards are recognized for their outstanding performance by meeting or exceeding guideline therapy recommendations in treating patients with chest pain and heart attacks * Our nurse to patient ratio is 3:1 * We have a day and night Nurse Educator with over 20 years of experience * Afternoon and night Nurse Managers We are proud to be the only health system in Georgia with three Magnet®-recognized hospitals. We're looking for passionate emergency department nurses who are ready to join a team that's redefining quality nursing care. We're defining a new standard of care for humankind. Are YOU ready to join us? Description JOB DESCRIPTION: * Supervises and coordinates activities of nursing personnel in one or more patient care units. * Participates in planning work of assigned units and coordinates activities with other patient care units and related departments. * Plans and organizes training for unit staff members, and participates in guidance and educational programs. * Participates in the hiring process and is responsible for development, evaluation and ongoing management of assigned direct reports. * Provides professional nursing care in adherence with EHC guidelines and protocols for patients during bedside assignments. * Embodies our Care Transformation Model to maintain an environment of trust, fairness, consistency and confidentiality with team members and with internal and external customers. * Listens and seeks clarification through Intentional rounding. * Completes rounding log and uses findings to develop solutions to identified issues within scope of accountability. * Ensures the consistent practice of bedside report and completes monthly audits. * Shares knowledge with others within work group/department. * Represents needs and interests of direct reports to all levels of the leadership structure. * Communicates proactively. Communicates effectively orally and in writing. * Supports the delivery of quality patient care by holding staff accountable to established patient care and regulatory standards. * Interprets policies and procedure to nursing staff and patients/families. * Makes changes in clinical assignments based on patient care needs and demonstrated staff competencies. * Promotes a safe, therapeutic, customer-friendly environment. * Responds promptly to patient, family and staff concerns seeking to bring issues to resolution. * Provides feedback to patient care team regarding issues. * Demonstrates clinical knowledge needed to coach staff on day-to-day activities. * Pursues continuous learning to gain additional knowledge in area of clinical specialty. * Interacts effectively with members of the health care team and ancillary departments to monitor and achieve quality patient outcomes. * Supports evidence based changes to clinical practice in pursuit of quality patient outcomes. * Ensures service 10 is practiced on their unit and shared throughput the healthcare system. * Exercises problem solving skills to optimize patient flow while maintaining quality patient care. * Collaborates with healthcare team regarding bed management to ensure appropriate patient placement based on clinical needs. * Outpatient/procedural: ensures and contributes to improvement in patient access, cycle times, and patient wait times. * Holds self and others accountable for behaviors that are drivers of quality improvement. * Completes audits of practice as defined by unit/organizational quality plan. * Manages PDSA cycles for particular improvement efforts in collaboration with the Unit Director, CNS, UNE and the unit practice council. * Supports development of protocols for practice based on evidence. * Educates staff and monitors compliance of staff in cohort; elevates non-compliance issues. * Completes documentation audits for cohort in conjunction with quality and business managers. * Builds, maintains and supports a culture that fosters effective working relationships within a safe working environment. * Utilizes and models behaviors to manage conflict within scope of responsibility. * Identify service recovery strategies that preserve individual dignity. * Knows and is articulate about area performance against service standards. * Hold others a