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Children’s is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. No matter the role, every member of our team is an essential part of our mission to make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. We’re committed to putting you first, and that commitment is at the heart of our company culture: People first. Children always. Find your next career opportunity and make a difference doing what you love at Children’s.
Job Description
Experience
- Two years of experience in cardiovascular operating room
Preferred Qualifications
- Specialty certification or equivalent experience
- Master’s degree preferred
- Experience in pediatric designated specialty area
- Experience in patient/family, clinical, or community education
Education
- Bachelor of Science in nursing (BSN)
- Master’s degree preferred
Certification Summary
- Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the single State of Georgia or Multi-State through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
- Basic Life Support (BLS) within 30 days of employment
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) within one year of employment as required by department specifications
- Specialty certification or equivalent experience
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Strong presentation skills to showcase credibility and effectiveness
- Basic knowledge of adult learning principles in the design of educational activities to provide quality training materials
- Proficiency in using professional technology tools such as Microsoft Office Suite and Learning Management System (LMS)
Job Responsibilities
Practice
- Performs nursing process across the continuum to deliver age and developmentally appropriate patient-family-centered care.
- Utilizes clinical decision support tools and resources to recognize issues, prioritize care, and modify plan of care as needed.
- Supports the environment for delivery of care.
- Acts as clinical resource for patient population in area.
- Maintains competence to provide and/or assist with clinical care.
- May serve as unit leader on shift in absence of manager.
- Drives and effectively facilitates admission, transfer, and discharge process, ensuring efficient and safe patient flow through collaboration with physicians, interprofessional team, hospital leadership, and staff.
Orientation
- Facilitates onboarding of new employees including socializing and integrating an employee to the organization with a focus on retention and growth.
- Develops and implements an individualized orientation plan to guide new employees to job competency or existing employees to changing roles/responsibilities. The plan should align with system orientation programs (e.g., Patient Care Provider Orientation, Nurse Residency Program, PEDS Program.)
- Coordinates logistics of orientation informing all stakeholders.
Competency Management
- Develops, coordinates, manages, evaluates, and documents expected outcomes and objectives to support the dynamic process of competency assessment, learning, and change.
- Promotes compliance with regulatory bodies standards, including the maintenance of educational records.
- Utilizes novice to expert continuum with developing employees.
Education
- Aligns educational programs with organizational and strategic plans to include quality and safety trends.
- Conducts learning needs assessments and practices gap analyses through environmental scanning to achieve specific outcomes in identified deficits or improvement in knowledge, skill, or attitude.
- Conducts planning to include continuing nursing education (CNE) or inter-professional continuing education, if desired, in accordance with accrediting agency requirements.
- Identifies desired outcomes. Plans, designs, and delivers learning activities using adult learning concepts and design principles to achieve outcomes for identified target audiences, which may include licensed and non-licensed personnel.
- Evaluates outcomes and revises educational activities and orientation programs based on data and feedback.
- Monitors resource allocation and utilization by considering cost-effectiveness of activities.
- Documents provided educational activities using LEAN methodology and Children’s current Learning Management System (LMS). Demonstrates LMS proficiency.
Professional Development
- Advances the profession by identifying and developing strategies to facilitate a continuous process of role maturation for self and others.
- Fosters a culture of lifelong learning and development through role-modeling, mentoring and guidance.
- Promotes growth and development of leadership skills, accountability, clinical decision making, and problem-solving within self and others.
- Engages in organizational committees (i.e. TEACH) and/or shared governance councils.
- Introduces and supports new ideas and initiatives; exhibits creativity and flexibility in times of change.
- Partners with leadership team to provide performance feedback during orientation and beyond to guide and direct employee role maturation and career development and advancement.
Research/EBP/Quality
- Incorporates research, evidence-based practice (EBP), practice-based evidence and benchmarked best-practices into educational planning and to guide practice decisions.
- Participates in development/implementation of departmental process improvement plans and quality measurements.
Collaborative Partnerships
- Collaborates with partners and stakeholders to share expertise in planning and decision-making.
- Supports academic and community partnerships.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic covered by applicable law.
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Skills Required
- Two years of experience in a cardiovascular operating room
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
- Registered Nurse licensure in Georgia or through the Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification within 30 days of employment
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) or Pediatric Emergency Assessment Recognition and Stabilization (PEARS) within one year, as required by department specifications
- Specialty certification or equivalent experience
- Master's degree
- Experience in a pediatric designated specialty area
- Experience in patient/family, clinical, or community education
- Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills
- Strong presentation skills
- Basic knowledge of adult learning principles
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and a Learning Management System (LMS)
Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta and has not been reviewed or approved by Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta.
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Healthcare Strength — Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage is paired with on‑site or near‑site primary care, a 24/7 nurse line, Teladoc, and counseling resources. Wellness services such as fitness centers, classes, and biometric screenings reinforce access to care and preventive support.
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Parental & Family Support — Near‑site child care, a child‑care credit, adoption and fertility assistance, and paid parental and other leaves indicate strong family‑oriented support. Everyday convenience perks like a free concierge service further ease caregiving and life logistics.
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Retirement Support — A dual‑plan setup with a 403(b) savings plan and a separate employer‑funded 401(a) growth plan signals meaningful long‑term financial support. Financial‑wellness resources are also highlighted.
Children's Healthcare Of Atlanta Insights
What We Do
For more than 100 years, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has depended on clinical and nonclinical employees to help make kids better today and healthier tomorrow. Consistently ranked as one of the leading pediatric healthcare systems in the country by U.S. News & World Report, Children’s is the only freestanding pediatric healthcare system in Georgia and one of the largest pediatric clinical care providers in the country. We’re also one of Atlanta’s leading employers and have been recognized as one of the nation’s top places to work. Our System includes: • 789 licensed beds • Three hospitals • Urgent Care Centers • Marcus Autism Center • Center for Advanced Pediatrics • Support Center for nonclinical staff • More than 14,000 employees, including more than 4,400 nurses and 2,300 physicians representing more than 60 pediatric specialties and programs Why Children’s? Here are some of the reasons new graduates and experienced clinicians alike choose Children’s. • We manage more than 1.1 million patient visits and 44,400 surgical procedures annually. • We are home to the only Level 1 and one of the only Level 2 pediatric trauma centers in Georgia. • We take a team approach to care. Our clinicians collaborate with social workers, chaplains, music therapists, therapy dogs and many others to help ensure kids receive comprehensive care.
