Ambulatory Nurse II

Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.

About the role

The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague is an RN that practices as a full partner on the health care team and consistently demonstrates safe practice within the organizational professional practice model. The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague possesses the knowledge, skills, and the attitude to effectively meet standards for competent professional nursing practice. Assigned patients may range in age from infancy to the elderly.

The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague independently provides patient care through the application of the nursing process and accepts accountability for the nursing care of assigned patients. The role focuses on expanding knowledge and skills necessary to provide individualized care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age-appropriate considerations of patients.

The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague works closely with the interprofessional health care team to facilitate the coordination of care across the continuum and demonstrates competencies in Continuous Quality Improvement, Evidence Based Practice and Research, Leadership, Person and Family Centered Care, Professionalism, Safety, Technology/Informatics, and Teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences for optimal health care delivery.
• Minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers, and self through system effectiveness and individual performance.
• Demonstrates commitment to the nursing profession through lifelong learning, adherence to ANA’s Code of Ethics, participation in professional organizations, and community outreach.
• Recognizes the patient (or designee) as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate, coordinated care based on respect for preferences, values, and needs.
• Effectively collaborates and applies innovative, systems thinking to engage in evidence-based problem solving and decision-making to promote effective changes within a complex care delivery system.
• Utilizes appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making across the continuum.
• Engages in cooperation, coordination, and collaboration within inter- and intra-professional teams, including virtual teams, to ensure safe, quality patient outcomes.
• Utilizes data and quality improvement methods to identify problems and opportunities for providing care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.
• Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization.

Qualifications

• Diploma or ASN from an accredited school of nursing (Required).
• More than 15 months of relevant professional nursing experience (Required).
• BSN from an accredited school of nursing (Preferred).

Licenses, Registrations, and Certifications

• RN with PA state licensure (Required).
• BLS through the AHA (Required).

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region.