Registered Nurse (RN) - Pediatric Orthopedics, Children’s Hospital Battle Building - Outpatient

UVA Health•Charlottesville, VA

2d•$38 - $50•Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Registered Nurse (RN) in Pediatric Orthopedics at the Children’s Hospital Battle Building - Outpatient. The capable clinician is focused on expanding knowledge and skills, consistently provides effective direct care as part of an interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. This role manages care and implements treatment plans at a refined skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians, and other members of the health care team. The nurse seeks as well as provides feedback for improved clinical practice and assumes a beginning leadership role, seeking mentoring in this process. This job description integrates the AAACN Scope and Standards of Practice for Professional Ambulatory Care Nursing, the ANA Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, with the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model. The definition of nursing provided is: Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities and populations. Key aspects of the role include Relationship Based Care (Self and Colleagues, Patients and Families), Expert Caring (clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating, and implementation of care), Empowered Leaders (demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance), Lifelong Learners (professional development, onboarding new team members, and precepting), Quality Achievement (adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities, and commitment to standard work), and Innovation (application of technologies that support patient care, implementing evidence-based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research). In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program required.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.
1 year of relevant experience.
Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
American Heart Association (AHA) Healthcare Provider BLS certification required.

Nice To Haves

Expanding knowledge and skills.
Refined skill level in managing care and implementing treatment plans.
Seeks mentoring in leadership.
Demonstrates knowledge of and actively participates in shared governance.
Professional development through formal education, professional certification, and internal and external learning opportunities.
Recognizes the value of external professional organizations.

Responsibilities

Provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients.
Manages care and implements treatment plans in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians, and other members of the health care team.
Seeks and provides feedback for improved clinical practice.
Assumes a beginning leadership role.
Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable.
Adheres to clinical documentation guidelines.
Comprehends outcomes data.
Engages in performance improvement activities.
Commits to standard work.
Applies technologies that support patient care.
Actively seeks to implement evidence-based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.