RN Days, 7a-7:30p; Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health•Bridgeport, CT

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) is an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team and provides patient-centered care in accordance with the YNHHS mission, vision, values, strategic initiatives, and professional practice model. 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 role emphasizes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and quality outcomes, with evidence and data supporting nursing practice and patients and families at the center of care. 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. Care respects patients' values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation in data collection, outcome planning, and evaluation. The RN practices the standards of nursing care and professional performance, including ethical and culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. This position is scheduled for days, 7:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Bridgeport Hospital.

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 perform the physical demands of the position, 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 related to the healthcare consumer's health or situation.
Analyze assessment data to identify actual and potential diagnoses or issues.
Identify expected outcomes for an individualized plan of care.
Develop and modify plans of care that prescribe 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 strategies.
Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.
Practice ethically and in a manner consistent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders.
Provide leadership appropriate to education, position, and professional practice setting.
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 and provide safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families and respect patients' values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation.