Radiology Stepdown RN

Yale New Haven Health•New Haven, 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 consistent with YNHHS’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 care centered on the patient and family. The RN establishes therapeutic relationships, integrates cultural awareness and diversity into practice, works collaboratively with patients, families, and healthcare team members, and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation. The RN delivers care through the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care and transitions, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. The RN is also expected to meet professional performance standards related to ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. This role offers flexible scheduling, has no on-call requirement, and provides an opportunity to grow various skills in a dynamic environment.

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.
Two to three years of critical care experience, such as ER, IR, diagnostic radiology, PACU, ICU, code/RRT team, or SWAT nurse experience.
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 pushing, pulling, and lifting patients weighing 5 to 300 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Clinical specialty certification.
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.
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.
Provide leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting, education, and position.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice and integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
Contribute to quality nursing practice and evaluate 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.