Radiology Critical Care RN

Yale New Haven Health•New Haven, CT

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 organization’s mission, vision, and values and practices within the legal and ethical framework of the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards of 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 therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporates cultural understanding and diversity into practice, collaborates with patients, families, and the healthcare team, and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation. Nursing practice includes assessing patients, identifying diagnoses and expected outcomes, planning and implementing individualized care, coordinating care and transitions, promoting health and safety, and evaluating progress. The RN also fulfills professional responsibilities involving ethical and culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, continuing education, evidence-based practice and research, quality, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. This role requires 2–3 years of critical care experience in areas such as ER, IR, diagnostic radiology, PACU, ICU, code/RRT team, or SWAT nursing. Progressive care or stepdown experience may be considered depending on the individual’s skill level. The position offers flexible scheduling and has no on-call requirement.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current licensure and registration as a nurse in the State of Connecticut.
Current BCLS certification, or obtain it within one month of hire.
2–3 years of critical care experience; qualifying areas include ER, IR, diagnostic radiology, PACU, ICU, code/RRT team, or SWAT nurse.
Progressive care or stepdown experience may be considered depending on individual skill level.
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 patients weighing 5–300 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Clinical specialty certification.
Progression through the SPIRE clinical advancement program is encouraged.

Responsibilities

Collect pertinent patient health and situation data and analyze it to identify actual and potential diagnoses or issues.
Identify expected patient outcomes and develop or modify individualized plans of care.
Implement the plan of care and coordinate care delivery and transitions.
Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and other appropriate strategies.
Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporating cultural understanding and diversity into care.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, families, healthcare team members, and other stakeholders.
Practice ethically and in a culturally congruent manner.
Provide leadership appropriate to the RN’s education and position, and remain accountable for professional actions.
Seek knowledge and competence, integrate evidence and research findings into practice, and contribute to quality nursing practice.
Evaluate own and others’ nursing practice and use appropriate resources to provide safe, effective, fiscally responsible nursing services.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.