Neuro Interventional Lab RN; Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health•New Haven, CT

10d

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 uses leadership, delegation, collaboration, and effective communication to support quality outcomes. Nursing practice is guided by autonomy and accountability, professional governance, and evidence and data, with patients and families at the center of care. The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships; integrates cultural awareness and diversity into practice; collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members; and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting holistic data, setting outcomes, and evaluating care. The RN delivers care according to ANA standards of practice and professional performance. This includes assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care and transitions, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. The RN also practices ethically and in a culturally congruent manner; communicates and collaborates effectively; demonstrates leadership; pursues professional knowledge and competence; integrates evidence and research into practice; contributes to and evaluates the quality of nursing practice; uses resources responsibly; and promotes environmental health.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current licensure and registration as a registered 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 position, 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 plans of care, including strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
Implement the identified plan of care.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Use strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
Evaluate progress toward attainment of 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.
Demonstrate leadership appropriate to education and position, and remain accountable for professional actions.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice and integrate evidence and research findings into 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.
Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, and respect their values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in care planning and evaluation.