Registered Nurse - Weekends Only

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 in alignment with the organization’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 (ANA) 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, quality outcomes, autonomy, and accountability. Care is centered on the patient and family and incorporates cultural awareness, respect for patient values and preferences, therapeutic relationships, and collaboration with the healthcare team. This position requires two 12-hour shifts every weekend, Saturday and Sunday, from 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., and work every other holiday. The RN uses the nursing process to assess patients, identify diagnoses and expected outcomes, plan and implement care, coordinate care and transitions, promote health and safety, and evaluate progress. The RN also meets professional performance standards involving ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality, 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 it within one month of hire.
Epic experience or familiarity is preferred.
Phone skills, excellent assessment skills, and excellent customer service skills.
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

Experience is preferred.
BSN preferred.
Clinical specialty certification is highly encouraged.
RNs are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.

Responsibilities

Collect pertinent information about the healthcare consumer’s health or situation.
Analyze assessment data to identify actual and potential diagnoses or issues.
Identify expected outcomes and develop individualized plans of care.
Implement and modify plans of care and coordinate care delivery and transitions.
Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and health promotion.
Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Practice ethically and in a culturally congruent manner.
Communicate effectively and collaborate with patients, families, and other stakeholders.
Provide leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting and position.
Maintain knowledge and competence, and integrate evidence and research into practice.
Contribute to quality nursing practice and evaluate personal and others’ nursing practice.
Use appropriate resources to provide and sustain safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.