REGISTERED NURSE-Medical ICU RN-Per Diem

Yale New Haven Health • Bridgeport, CT

3d

About The Position

The Registered Professional Nurse provides patient-centered nursing care as an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System healthcare team. The RN practices within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, ANA Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model. The role emphasizes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and quality outcomes, with autonomy and accountability. The RN uses evidence and data to support practice and keeps the patient and family 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 other healthcare team members. Care respects each patient's values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation, incorporating these into holistic data collection, care outcomes, and evaluation.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Connecticut registered nurse license and registration.
• Current BCLS certification, or obtain it within one month of hire.
• Ability to meet physical demands, 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.

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.
• Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and health promotion.
• 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 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 provide safe, effective, fiscally responsible evidence-based nursing services.
• Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree