REGISTERED NURSE-Medicine RN

Yale New Haven Health • Bridgeport, CT

7h

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 consistent 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 RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporates cultural diversity into practice, and communicates and collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members. Care respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation. The RN uses evidence and data to support practice, with patients and families at the center of care.

The role encompasses nursing assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. The RN is also expected to demonstrate professional performance through ethical and culturally congruent practice, effective communication, collaboration, leadership, continuing education, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, professional practice evaluation, responsible resource utilization, and environmental health.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Current licensure and registration as a registered nurse in the State of Connecticut.
• Current BCLS certification, or obtain certification within one month of hire.
• Ability to perform prolonged standing and walking and use sight, hearing, and touch.
• Ability to frequently bend, reach, push, pull, twist, and lift.
• Ability to assist with pushing, pulling, and lifting patients weighing from 5 to 300 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
• Advancement through the SPIRE clinical advancement program is encouraged for all registered nurses.

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 and develop individualized plans of care.
• Develop and modify care plans, then implement strategies to achieve expected outcomes.
• Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
• Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and other strategies.
• Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporating cultural diversity into practice.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, families, healthcare consumers, and other healthcare team members and stakeholders.
• Practice ethically and in a manner consistent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Provide leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting, education, and position.
• Seek knowledge and competence that reflect 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 and sustain safe, effective, evidence-based, and fiscally responsible nursing services.
• Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree