Registered Nurse - Clinic; Breast Oncology

Yale New Haven Health • New Haven, CT

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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 support of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. The RN practices within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model.

The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families; integrates cultural understanding and diversity into practice; collaborates and communicates with patients, families, and healthcare team members; and respects patient values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge. Nursing care is guided by autonomy and accountability, professional governance, and evidence and data, with patients and families at the center.

The RN uses the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement, coordinate, and evaluate care. The role also includes health teaching and promotion, ethical and culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, continuing education, evidence-based practice and research, quality improvement, professional practice evaluation, responsible resource utilization, and maintaining an environmentally safe and healthy practice.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Connecticut registered nurse license.
• 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 moving patients weighing 5 to 300 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• A minimum of 2 years of oncology RN experience is highly preferred.
• Clinical specialty certification is highly encouraged.
• Participation and advancement through the SPIRE clinical advancement program is encouraged for all RNs.

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 plans of care, including strategies and alternatives 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 consistent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other stakeholders.
• Provide leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting, education, and position.
• Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice.
• Integrate evidence and research findings into practice and contribute to quality nursing practice.
• Evaluate personal 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.
• Be accountable for professional actions to healthcare consumers, peers, and society.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed