RN T9 Progressive Care/Telemetry (New Grad), West Penn Hospital

Highmark Health•Pittsburgh, PA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse on West Penn Hospital’s T9 Progressive Care/Telemetry Unit assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for assigned individuals and families. The nurse is responsible for their actions as a licensed nurse and accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. T9 is a 20-bed, cardiac-monitored progressive care unit. Patients may receive care for heart failure, post-catheterization needs, digestive disorders, severe sepsis, strokes, and pulmonary edema. West Penn Hospital has four-time Magnet recognition, private patient rooms, and free employee parking. The Registered Nurse may accept assignments outside the primary unit and performs duties within their individualized competency. The role includes professional leadership, collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, delegation and supervision as appropriate, patient and family-centered communication, and ongoing evaluation of care and satisfaction. Employees must follow hospital policies, ethical and legal standards, HIPAA and information-security requirements, and the company Code of Business Conduct.

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 leadership in a professional practice setting and contribute to team success through role modeling and mentoring.
Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs and the skills of RNs, LPNs, and support staff; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider safe-environment requirements, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning work.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance, and share knowledge and skills with colleagues.
Participate in interdisciplinary teams evaluating clinical care or health services.
Promote patient-safety initiatives, including National Patient Safety Goals, and participate in department-specific quality initiatives; ensure appropriate order sets are used.
Supervise delegates and evaluate assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualized patient care according to patient and family needs, physician direction, and nurse and hospital policy.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with the patient, family, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families, comparing data with norms when possible, to determine care needs.
Assess and document reported or recorded changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individualized competency.
Pursue lifelong learning and professional development through formal and independent learning, current research, evidence, and feedback.
Promote the nursing profession through participation in professional organizations and systematic peer review.
Meet hospital time and attendance guidelines and use effective time management to complete duties within the established work shift.
Continuously assess patient and family satisfaction and participate in department-specific patient-satisfaction initiatives.
Use compassionate, patient- and family-centered communication and assess and attempt to resolve patient or family concerns.
Comply with ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA, information-security guidelines, and the Code of Business Conduct.