Pediatric Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health•Greenwich, CT

14h

About The Position

The Registered Professional Nurse (RN) provides patient-centered nursing care as an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team. The RN upholds the system’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives and 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. The role emphasizes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, quality outcomes, autonomy, and accountability. The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families, integrates cultural awareness and diversity into practice, and works collaboratively with patients, families, and healthcare team members. The RN respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting holistic data, developing care outcomes, and evaluating care. Nursing practice includes assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care and transitions, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. The RN also practices ethically and in a culturally congruent manner; communicates and collaborates effectively; demonstrates leadership; pursues current nursing knowledge and competence; incorporates evidence and research; contributes to and evaluates quality practice; uses resources responsibly; and supports an environmentally safe and healthy practice setting.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
At least 2 years of recent hospital pediatric experience.
Current BCLS certification, or obtain certification within one month of hire.
Ability to assist with pushing, pulling, and lifting patients weighing from 5 to 300 pounds.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including prolonged standing and walking, frequent bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting.

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 that prescribe strategies and alternatives 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 promotion strategies.
Evaluate progress toward the 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.
Provide leadership appropriate to education and position, and remain accountable for professional actions.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice and integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
Contribute to quality nursing practice and 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.