NICU 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 system’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. The RN practices within the legal and ethical framework of 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. The role emphasizes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and quality outcomes, with professional practice grounded in autonomy and accountability and supported by evidence and data. The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families; incorporates cultural awareness and diversity into practice; collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members; and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation. The RN uses the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan and implement care, coordinate care and transitions, promote health and safety, and evaluate progress. The RN is also expected to practice ethically and culturally congruently, communicate and collaborate effectively, demonstrate leadership, pursue ongoing learning, integrate evidence and research, contribute to quality practice, evaluate nursing practice, use resources responsibly, and support environmental health. This position requires 1–2 years of NICU RN experience. Nurses are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current RN licensure and registration in the State of Connecticut.
Current BCLS certification, or ability to obtain it within one month of hire.
1–2 years of NICU RN experience.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, 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.
Advancement through the SPIRE clinical advancement program is encouraged.

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 to attain expected outcomes.
Implement the identified plan of care.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and health promotion.
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 stakeholders.
Demonstrate leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting and position.
Pursue knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice.
Integrate evidence and research findings into practice and contribute to quality nursing practice.
Evaluate own and others’ nursing practice.
Use appropriate resources to provide safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families and respect their values, preferences, and expressed needs.