REGISTERED NURSE-Major Surgery RN

Yale New Haven Health • Bridgeport, CT

8h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team and provides patient-centered nursing care in accordance with the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, the ANA Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model. The RN supports the system’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives, and practices with autonomy and accountability. Care is centered on the patient and family, incorporating their values, preferences, expressed needs, cultural background, and knowledge of their healthcare situation.

The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships and communicates and collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members. The role includes professional nursing responsibilities such as leadership, delegation, effective communication, and ensuring quality outcomes. The RN uses evidence and data to guide practice and contributes to coordinated, continuous, comprehensive care and quality improvement.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
• Current BCLS certification, or obtain certification within one month of hire.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including prolonged standing and walking; use of sight, hearing, and touch; and frequent bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting.
• Ability to assist with pushing, pulling, and lifting patients weighing from 5 to 300 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
• RNs are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.

Responsibilities

• Collect pertinent patient health and situation data and information.
• Analyze assessment data to identify actual and potential diagnoses or issues.
• Identify expected outcomes for an individualized plan of care.
• Develop and modify care plans, including strategies and alternatives to achieve 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 health promotion.
• Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
• Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communicate effectively and collaborate with patients and other key stakeholders.
• Demonstrate leadership appropriate to education and position.
• Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice.
• Integrate evidence and research findings into nursing practice and contribute to quality nursing practice.
• Evaluate own and others’ nursing practice.
• Use appropriate resources to provide safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
• Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporating cultural and diversity considerations.
• Respect patient values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in data collection, care planning, and evaluation.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree