RN OR; Registered Nurse- ANC OR

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 nursing care in support of the system’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 Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model. The role emphasizes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and quality outcomes. Care is guided by autonomy and accountability, professional nursing governance, and the use of evidence and data, with patients and families at the center. The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families, integrates cultural awareness and diversity into practice, and works collaboratively with patients, families, and healthcare team members. The RN respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation when collecting holistic data, formulating outcomes, and evaluating care. This position is for an experienced operating room RN with a strong OR background and knowledge of spine, vascular, and neuro procedures.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current licensure and registration as a registered nurse in the State of Connecticut.
Newly hired registered nurses must have current BCLS certification or obtain it within one month of hire.
Experienced operating room RN with a strong OR background.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including prolonged standing and walking; use of sight, hearing, and touch; frequent bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting; and assisting with pushing, pulling, or lifting patients weighing 5 to 300 pounds.
Ability to work with potential exposure to infectious diseases and physical, mental, and emotional illness, end-of-life conditions, and death, as well as moderate stress and risk of injury from patient care.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
Clinical specialty certification is highly encouraged.
Knowledge of spine, vascular, and neuro procedures.
Advancement through the SPIRE clinical advancement program is encouraged.

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 with 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 promotion strategies.
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 key stakeholders.
Lead within the professional practice setting and the nursing profession, as appropriate to education and position.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice and promote forward-looking thinking.
Integrate evidence and research findings into nursing practice.
Contribute to quality nursing practice and evaluate own and others’ nursing practice.
Use appropriate resources to plan, provide, and sustain safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
Be accountable for professional actions to oneself, healthcare consumers, peers, and society.
Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporating cultural awareness and diversity into care.
Respect patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in assessment, care planning, and evaluation.