Ambulatory Nurse II
Evidence Based Practice and Research
The nurse evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient and family preferences and values for the delivery of optimal health care and system effectiveness.
Safety
The nurse minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers and self through system effectiveness and individual performance.
Professionalism
The nurse demonstrates a commitment to the nursing profession through lifelong learning, adherence to ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses, participation in a professional organization and advancing community outreach.
Person and Family Centered Care
The nurse recognizes the patient (or the patient’s designee) as the source of control and a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
Leadership
The nurse effectively collaborates and applies innovative, systems thinking to engage in systematic, evidence-based problem solving and decision making to promote effective changes within a complex care delivery system supporting the vision of Penn Medicine.
Informatics/Technology
The nurse utilizes appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making across the continuum.
Teamwork
The nurse effectively engages in the process of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration in an effort to provide for safe, quality outcomes for patients within inter and intra-professional teams, including virtual teams.
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
The nurse utilizes data and QI methods to identify potential and actual problems and opportunities to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.
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 state licensure (Required)
- BLS/ACLS/PALS per specialty (Required)
Benefits
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region.