Registered Nurse

Yale New Haven Health • New Haven, CT

3d

About The Position

The Registered 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 role emphasizes leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, quality outcomes, autonomy, and accountability.

The RN establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families; incorporates cultural understanding and diversity into practice; collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare team members; and respects patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge when collecting data, setting outcomes, and evaluating care.

Nursing practice follows the ANA Standards of Practice and 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, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health.

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 meet the physical demands of the role, including prolonged standing and walking; use of sight, hearing, and touch; frequent 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.
• 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 that prescribe strategies and alternatives for achieving 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 health promotion strategies.
• Evaluate progress toward the attainment of expected outcomes.
• Practice ethically and in a manner consistent 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 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
• Education Level: No Education Listed