Registered Nurse; Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health•Wallingford, CT

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team and provides the highest level of patient-centered care in support of the organization’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 (ANA) Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model. The role is characterized by leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and a focus on quality outcomes. Guided by the principle of “Achieving outcomes through Autonomy and Accountability,” the RN uses evidence and data to support care and keeps patients and families at the center of practice. The RN establishes therapeutic relationships, incorporates cultural diversity into care, collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members, and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting information, developing outcomes, and evaluating care. RN practice includes the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, health teaching and health promotion, and evaluation. The RN also performs professional role activities related to ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
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.
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 identify actual and potential diagnoses or issues.
Identify expected outcomes and develop individualized plans of care.
Develop and modify care plans, implement them, and evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and health promotion.
Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders.
Provide leadership appropriate to education and position, and remain accountable for professional actions.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice.
Integrate evidence and research findings into practice and contribute to quality nursing practice.
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, incorporating cultural and diversity considerations.
Respect patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and understanding of their healthcare situation in care planning and evaluation.