RN Outpatient-Pediatrics

Highmark Health•Cranberry, PA

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 RN is fully responsible for actions taken as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. The RN provides professional leadership, supports team development through role modeling and mentoring, and assigns or delegates tasks based on patient needs and staff competencies. The role includes coordinating and evaluating care with an interdisciplinary team, promoting patient safety and quality initiatives, and applying the nursing process to develop and carry out individualized plans of care with patients and families. The RN supports culturally and age-appropriate care, recognizes and responds to changes in patient condition, communicates compassionately with patients and families, addresses concerns, and advocates for patients. The position also requires ongoing professional development, effective time management, adherence to attendance expectations, and compliance with ethical, legal, privacy, and information-security policies.

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.
Comply with applicable ethical and legal standards, company policies, HIPAA privacy requirements, and information-security guidelines.

Nice To Haves

Certification in the area of specialty.

Responsibilities

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care for individuals and families in an outpatient setting.
Provide leadership in the professional practice setting and contribute to the development of healthcare.
Support team success through role modeling, mentoring, sharing knowledge, and fostering effective communication, trust, and collaboration.
Assign or delegate tasks based on patient needs, staff skill levels, safety considerations, patient condition, intervention complexity, and predictability of outcomes.
When serving in a charge role, assign staff duties and lunch breaks.
Provide peers with verbal and written feedback on clinical practice and role performance.
Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team 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 assigned LPNs within their scope of practice, as appropriate.
Develop and carry out individualized patient care plans in accordance with physician and nurse direction and hospital policy, involving patients and families.
Establish culturally and age-appropriate expected outcomes with patients, families, and other healthcare providers.
Analyze the health status of individuals and families and compare findings with norms when possible to determine care needs.
Assess and document changes in patient condition, notify the physician or supervisor, and intervene appropriately.
Accept assignments outside the primary unit and perform duties within individual competency.
Pursue lifelong learning and professional development for self and others, using research and evidence to maintain clinical and professional skills.
Participate in professional organizations and systematic peer review, seek feedback, and identify professional development needs.
Meet time and attendance guidelines and use time effectively to complete assigned duties within the work shift.
Advocate for patients and customers by assessing patient and family satisfaction, promoting compassionate communication, and attempting to resolve concerns.
Comply with applicable laws, the company’s Code of Business Conduct and policies, HIPAA requirements, and data-security guidelines.