HVC Ambulatory HVC RN; Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health•Guilford, 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 organization’s 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 autonomy, accountability, leadership, delegation, collaboration, and effective communication to achieve quality outcomes. 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 patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge of their healthcare situation, incorporating these into holistic data collection, care outcomes, and evaluation. RN practice follows the ANA Standards of Practice and uses the nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, coordination of care, health teaching and promotion, and evaluation. The RN also follows the ANA Standards of Professional Performance, including ethical and culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Licensed and currently registered as a nurse in the State of Connecticut.
Current BCLS certification, or obtain BCLS certification within one month of hire.

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, including strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
Implement the identified plan of care.
Coordinate care delivery and transitions in care.
Promote health and a safe environment through health teaching and promotion strategies.
Evaluate progress toward the attainment of outcomes.
Practice ethically and in a manner congruent with cultural diversity and inclusion principles.
Communicate effectively and collaborate with healthcare consumers and other stakeholders.
Provide leadership appropriate to the professional practice setting, education, and position.
Seek knowledge and competence reflecting 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.