RN Outpatient Registered Nurse - PMA Cardiology - Monroeville

Highmark Health•Monroeville, PA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families in an outpatient setting. The nurse is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The role includes clinical care, patient advocacy, collaboration with an interdisciplinary team, and contributions to a professional practice environment.

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 the area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Provide transformational leadership and contribute to the future of healthcare in a professional practice setting.
Support team development by helping colleagues succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks according to patient needs and staff skill levels; assign duties and lunch breaks when serving in a charge role.
Consider patient safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when making assignments and care decisions.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback about clinical practice and role performance.
Share knowledge and skills, fostering positive attitudes, effective communication, trust, and collaboration.
Help create a culture that accepts mistakes and supports safe risk-taking, creativity, flexibility, resiliency, and adaptability.
Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care and health services.
Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives; ensure appropriate order sets are used.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate assigned LPNs within their scope of practice, as appropriate.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care in accordance with physician direction and applicable policies, involving patients and families.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families against norms when possible to determine care needs.
Assess and document changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit when needed and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue ongoing learning and professional development for self and others, including use of research and evidence to maintain clinical and professional knowledge and skills.
Promote the nursing profession through participation in professional organizations.
Participate in peer review and seek feedback; identify strengths and areas for professional development.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines.
Center care on patients by evaluating patient and family 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 effective time management to complete assigned responsibilities within the established work shift.
Protect confidential information and comply with HIPAA, company privacy and information security policies, the Code of Business Conduct, applicable laws, and required training.