RN; Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health • New Haven, CT

5d

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) healthcare team and provides patient-centered care in support of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. RN practice is guided by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association (ANA) Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model, which emphasizes achieving outcomes through autonomy and accountability.

The RN establishes therapeutic relationships with patients and families, integrates cultural awareness and diversity into practice, and collaborates and communicates with patients, families, and healthcare team members. Care respects patient values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation, and incorporates these considerations into holistic data collection, care planning, and evaluation.

The RN uses the nursing process to assess and diagnose healthcare needs, identify outcomes, plan and implement care, coordinate care and transitions, promote health and safety, and evaluate progress. The RN also practices ethically and in a culturally congruent manner; communicates and collaborates effectively; demonstrates leadership; pursues relevant knowledge and competence; integrates evidence and research; contributes to quality nursing practice; evaluates nursing practice; uses resources responsibly; and supports a safe and healthy environment.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Licensed and currently registered as a nurse in the State of Connecticut.
• Current BCLS certification, or obtain it 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) preferred.
• Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
• RNs are encouraged to advance 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 for an individualized plan of care.
• Develop and modify care plans and strategies to attain 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 healthcare consumers and other stakeholders.
• Provide leadership appropriate to education, position, and professional practice setting.
• Pursue knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice.
• Integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
• Contribute to quality nursing practice and 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.

What This Job Offers

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