Medicine Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health•Greenwich, CT

About The Position

The Registered Professional Nurse (RN) is an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team and provides patient-centered care in support of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. The RN practices within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model. Nursing practice is guided by autonomy and accountability, professional governance, and the use of evidence and data, with patients and families at the center of care. The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families; integrates cultural awareness and diversity into practice; collaborates and communicates with patients, families, and healthcare team members; and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting holistic information, developing healthcare outcomes, and evaluating care. The RN uses the nursing process to assess patients, identify diagnoses and issues, establish expected outcomes, plan and implement individualized care, coordinate care and transitions, promote health and safety, and evaluate progress. The RN also demonstrates professional performance through ethical and culturally congruent practice, effective communication and collaboration, leadership, ongoing education, evidence-based practice and research, quality improvement, professional practice evaluation, responsible resource use, and attention to environmental health.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
Current BCLS certification, or obtain it within one month of hire.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the position, including prolonged standing and walking, frequent bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting, and assisting with pushing, pulling, or lifting patients weighing 5 to 300 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
Participation in the SPIRE clinical advancement program is encouraged for all registered nurses.

Responsibilities

Collect pertinent data and information about the healthcare consumer’s health or situation.
Analyze assessment data to determine actual and potential diagnoses or issues.
Identify expected outcomes for an individualized plan of care.
Develop and modify plans of care that prescribe strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
Implement the identified plan of care.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Use strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.
Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders.
Lead within the professional practice setting and the nursing profession, as appropriate to education and position.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice and forward-looking thinking.
Integrate evidence and research findings into practice and contribute to quality nursing practice.
Evaluate one’s own and others’ nursing practice.
Use appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, integrating cultural and diversity considerations into care.
Respect patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in holistic data collection, care planning, and evaluation.