Ambulatory Pediatric Registered Nurse; Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health • New Haven, CT

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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 support of the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic initiatives. 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’s professional role includes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and responsibility for quality outcomes. Guided by the principle of achieving outcomes through autonomy and accountability, the RN uses evidence and data to support practice and keeps the patient and family at the center of care. Care includes building therapeutic relationships; integrating cultural awareness and diversity; collaborating with patients, families, and healthcare team members; and respecting patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting data, planning 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.
• Ability to perform the physical demands of the role, including prolonged standing and walking, frequent bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting, and assisting with patients weighing five 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.

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 to attain expected outcomes.
• Implement the identified plan of care.
• Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
• Use strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
• Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes.
• Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
• Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other key stakeholders.
• Provide leadership appropriate to the RN’s education and position, and remain accountable for professional actions.
• Seek knowledge and competence that reflect current nursing practice.
• Integrate evidence and research findings into practice and contribute to quality nursing practice.
• Evaluate one’s own and others’ nursing practice.
• Use appropriate resources to provide 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
• Education Level: No Education Listed