Interventional Radiology RN; Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health•New Haven, CT

10h

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 in support of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. The RN practices within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association 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, and quality outcomes, with nursing practice guided by autonomy and accountability and supported by evidence and data. The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families, integrates cultural awareness and diversity into practice, collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members, and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting information, developing outcomes, and evaluating care. Nursing practice includes assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. The RN also demonstrates professional performance through ethical and culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality improvement, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.

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 BCLS certification within one month of hire.
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, or 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.

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 and develop individualized plans of care.
Develop and modify care plans, implement interventions, and evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and promotion.
Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporating cultural awareness and diversity.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, families, healthcare consumers, and other stakeholders.
Practice ethically and in a manner consistent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Demonstrate professional leadership and accountability appropriate to education and position.
Maintain current nursing knowledge and competence; 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.