RN Outpatient - Primary Care - Murrysville - Full Time

Highmark Health•Murrysville, PA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals and families in an outpatient setting. The RN is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The RN provides professional leadership, supports and mentors team members, delegates tasks appropriately, collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, and contributes to patient safety and quality initiatives. The role uses the nursing process to develop and implement individualized plans of care, assess changes in patient condition, involve patients and families in expected outcomes, and address patient and family concerns. The RN also maintains clinical competence through ongoing learning and professional development, follows attendance and time-management expectations, and complies with applicable laws, company policies, privacy requirements, and information-security guidelines.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

Certification in area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Assess human responses and plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for individuals and families in an outpatient setting.
Take responsibility for actions as a licensed nurse and remain accountable for the quality of care delivered.
Provide leadership in professional practice and contribute to the future of healthcare.
Support team development by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks according to patient needs and staff skill levels; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes when assigning or delegating care.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance.
Share knowledge and skills and foster positive attitudes, effective communication, trust, and collaboration.
Help create a work culture where mistakes can be acknowledged and creativity, flexibility, resiliency, and adaptability are encouraged.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care and health services.
Promote patient-safety initiatives, including National Patient Safety Goals.
Participate in department-specific quality initiatives and ensure appropriate order sets are used.
Supervise, delegate, and evaluate assigned LPN practice within the applicable scope.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care in accordance with prescriptions and applicable policies, involving patients and families as appropriate.
Establish culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families and compare findings with norms when possible to determine care needs.
Assess and report changes in patient condition, notify a physician or supervisor, intervene appropriately, and document actions.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue lifelong learning and professional development for self and others, including use of current research and evidence.
Promote the nursing profession through participation in professional organizations.
Participate in systematic peer review and seek feedback; identify strengths and professional-development needs.
Follow hospital time and attendance guidelines.
Center care on patients and families by assessing satisfaction and advocating for patients and customers.
Participate in department-specific patient-satisfaction initiatives and communicate compassionately with patients and families.
Assess and attempt to resolve patient and family concerns.
Use time effectively to complete assigned duties within the established work shift.
Comply with the Code of Business Conduct, applicable laws and regulations, company policies, training requirements, HIPAA, and information-security guidelines.