Registered Nurse-North Pavilion OR-Periop 101

Yale New Haven Health•New Haven, CT

5d•Onsite

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 accordance with the organization’s 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, quality outcomes, autonomy, accountability, and evidence- and data-informed practice with patients and families at the center. This position is in the North Pavilion OR at Smilow Cancer Hospital and is part of the Periop-101 OR RN Residency Program. New graduate RNs and experienced non-OR RNs are welcome to apply. The busy operating room handles specialty cases including oncology, plastics, ENT, and women’s/gyn. The RN establishes therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporates cultural and diversity considerations into care, collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members, and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting data, determining outcomes, and evaluating care.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current Connecticut registered nurse licensure.
Current BCLS certification, or obtain it within one month of hire.
New graduate RNs and experienced non-OR RNs are welcome to apply.
Some weekend, holiday, and on-call requirements.
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 pushing, pulling, or lifting patients weighing 5 to 300 pounds.
May be exposed to infectious diseases, physical, mental, and emotional illness, end-of-life conditions, and death; the role involves moderate stress and risk of injury from patient care.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Completion of a perioperative capstone preferred.
Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.

Responsibilities

Collect pertinent patient health and situation data and information.
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 identified plans 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 congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively across areas of practice and collaborate with patients and other key stakeholders.
Demonstrate leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting, education, and position.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice and future-oriented thinking.
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.
Respect patient values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in holistic data collection, outcome formulation, and evaluation.
Work collaboratively with patients, families, and healthcare team members.