Outpatient RN Registered Nurse - AHN Cardiovascular Clinic - Erie - Full Time

Highmark Health•Erie, PA

20h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families in an outpatient setting. The nurse is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The role provides professional leadership, supports team development through collaboration and mentoring, and assigns or delegates work according to patient needs and staff competencies. The nurse uses the nursing process to develop and implement individualized care plans, promotes patient safety and quality initiatives, collaborates with interdisciplinary providers, and advocates for patients and families. The nurse also maintains professional knowledge and skills through ongoing learning and feedback, supports patient and family satisfaction, and completes assigned duties within the work shift. Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. No call, weekends, or holidays.

Requirements

Current Pennsylvania RN license or current multistate licensure through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
CPR certification.

Nice To Haves

Certification in area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for patients and families in an outpatient setting.
Provide professional leadership and contribute to the development of healthcare practice.
Support team development by role modeling, mentoring, sharing knowledge, and collaborating with peers and colleagues.
Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs and staff skill levels; assign duties and lunches when serving in a charge role.
Consider patient safety, patient condition, intervention complexity, and outcome predictability when assigning or delegating care.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance.
Promote a work environment characterized by positive attitudes, effective communication, trust, and collaboration.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to evaluate clinical care and health services.
Promote patient safety initiatives and participate in department-specific quality initiatives, including appropriate use of order sets.
Supervise, delegate to, and evaluate LPNs within their scope of practice as appropriate.
Develop culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze individuals’ and families’ health status to determine patient care needs.
Assess and report changes in patient condition, notify physicians or supervisors, intervene appropriately, and document actions.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individualized competency.
Pursue ongoing learning and professional development, using current research and evidence to maintain clinical and professional skills.
Participate in professional organizations and systematic peer review; seek feedback and identify development needs.
Meet time and attendance guidelines.
Center care on patients and families by assessing satisfaction, advocating for patients, promoting compassionate communication, and attempting to resolve concerns.
Use effective time management to complete assigned duties within the work shift.
Comply with applicable ethical, legal, privacy, data-security, and company conduct requirements.