Registered Nurse, Nurse Grad Nursing Med Acute 11 East

University of Maryland Medical System • Baltimore, MD

5d • $38 - $54

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse I (CN I) role is designed for new graduate nurses or nurses with less than 12 months of clinical experience. The CN I is expected to successfully complete all requirements of the Member Organization’s Nurse Residency Program, if applicable, and departmental orientation. The role provides direct patient care in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members and remains accountable for professional practice aligned with UMMS’s Mission, Vision, and Values. The nurse is expected to achieve practice readiness: the ability to assess and manage each patient's diverse clinical needs while safely coordinating interventions for equitable, comprehensive, patient-centered care.

For nurses with greater than 12 months of experience, this is the minimum role for nurses at UMMC. The nurse independently provides and coordinates care within a clinical specialty, participates fully in unit governance, and serves as an effective member of the multidisciplinary patient care services team. The nurse models professional nursing practice and participates in developing strategies to improve patient outcomes, service satisfaction, and unit-level cost effectiveness. The nurse is accountable to patients and families for care processes and outcomes, to peers for advancing group practice, and to the nurse manager for overall work performance.

The position is associated with Med Acute 11 East at the University of Maryland Medical Center, an academic medical center in downtown Baltimore.

Requirements

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse in Maryland, or eligibility to practice through a Compact state agreement recognized by the Maryland Board of Nursing.
• Competent evaluation with successful passing of probation and current completion of all mandatory classes and training.
• Maintain 10 contact hours of education per year.
• Membership in a professional organization.
• Recent applicable clinical experience in a comparable setting.
• Demonstrated effectiveness as a multidisciplinary team member.
• Ability to learn and use computer systems to manage patient information.
• Knowledge and skills to provide care appropriate to the patient populations served, including understanding growth and development across the life span and assessing population- and age-specific needs.
• Highly effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated ability to lead others, such as through charge nurse, preceptor, or clinical resource responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and collaborate with interdisciplinary team members.
• Complete applicable Nurse Residency Program requirements and departmental orientation.
• Assess and manage patients’ clinical needs and safely coordinate appropriate interventions.
• Independently provide and coordinate care within a clinical specialty.
• Participate in unit governance and multidisciplinary patient care services.
• Help develop strategies to improve patient outcomes, satisfaction with service, and unit-level cost effectiveness.
• Remain accountable for the processes and outcomes of care during an episode of care.
• Ensure patient safety, take action to correct observed risks, report adverse events and near misses, and communicate potential risks in processes, procedures, or devices.
• Maintain required education and training.

What This Job Offers

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