REGISTERED NURSE-Surgical ICU RN

Yale New Haven Health•Bridgeport, CT

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 YNHHS mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. The RN practices within the legal and ethical framework of 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 nursing practice guided by autonomy and accountability and supported by evidence and data. The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporates cultural understanding and diversity into practice, and collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members. Care respects patient values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation in holistic data collection, care planning, and evaluation. At Bridgeport Hospital, employees contribute to a coordinated team approach that promotes access to continuous, comprehensive care and quality improvement. The RN uses the nursing process to assess patients, analyze data and identify diagnoses or issues, establish individualized expected outcomes, develop and modify plans of care, implement those plans, coordinate care and transitions, promote health and safety, and evaluate progress. The RN also meets professional performance standards related to ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. The position requires at least one year of acute care RN experience. Critical care RN experience is preferred. The schedule is two 12-hour shifts per week, including every third weekend.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current licensure and registration as a nurse in the State of Connecticut.
At least one year of acute care RN experience.
Newly hired registered nurses must have current BCLS certification or obtain it within one month of hire.
Ability to meet the physical demands of the role, including prolonged standing and walking; frequently 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.
Critical care RN experience preferred.
Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
Advancement through the SPIRE clinical advancement program is encouraged.

Responsibilities

Collect pertinent patient health and situational data and analyze it to identify actual or potential diagnoses and issues.
Identify expected outcomes and develop or modify individualized plans of care.
Implement care plans, coordinate care delivery and transitions, promote health and a safe environment, and evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, incorporating cultural diversity and inclusion into practice.
Communicate and collaborate effectively with patients, families, healthcare consumers, and other members of the healthcare team.
Practice ethically and provide culturally congruent care.
Demonstrate leadership appropriate to education and position, and remain accountable for professional actions.
Seek knowledge and competence that reflect current nursing practice and integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
Contribute to quality nursing practice and 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.