Primary Care Nurse - South Philadelphia (Per Diem)

What You Will Do

• Nursing Practice
  • Fulfills the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
  • Synthesizes patient assessment data and anticipates complex situations.
  • Collaborates with family, team members, and other caregivers to update the plan of care, provide education, and address discharge needs.
  • Manages care of complex patients through prioritization and delegation to appropriate staff.
  • Identifies expected outcomes, revises the plan of care when unexpected outcomes occur, and uses multiple forms of communication to convey the plan.
  • Documents ongoing evaluations and effectiveness of patient care according to hospital standards, policies, and procedures.
  • Provides care that meets professional standards and regulatory requirements.
• Professionalism/Leadership
  • Models professional appearance and behavior that promotes a positive image of nursing.
  • Interacts with parents/patients and colleagues with respect and dignity.
  • Spend "the extra time" with families, listening for ways to improve the patient experience.
  • Aware of the impact of punctuality and readiness to start shifts, predicting challenges and obstacles.
  • Provides an accurate patient status report to team members reflecting nursing interventions and patient outcomes.
  • Participates in patient care rounds and makes recommendations to the plan of care.
  • Chairs and/or participates in unit PPM council and may participate in departmental PPM council.
• Research
  • Reads nursing articles, analyzes information, and initiates staff discussions.
  • Assists with data collection in research studies being conducted in the work area.
  • Participates in efforts to apply research findings to clinical practice.
  • Frames basic research questions.
• Learning
  • Identifies own learning needs and seeks out opportunities to meet those needs.
  • Attends required programs and applies education and training from internal in-services to daily work to enhance personal nursing knowledge and skills.
  • Attends education programs related to patient population and utilizes patient education materials relevant to the patient population.
  • Demonstrates healthcare informatics competency to manage patient care, outcome data, and current and emerging healthcare technology.
• Resource Management
  • Promotes quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in care delivery.
  • Maintains control over supply and equipment usage and identifies opportunities for improvement.
  • Might be asked to rotate between various sites in the Care Network.

Education Qualifications

• Technical Diploma in Nursing Required
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• At least two (2) years pediatric nursing experience Required

Skills and Abilities

• Informatics competencies for registered nurses:
  • Basic Use of MS Word 2007.
  • Creating meeting minutes, charts, and tables.
  • Saving and naming new and established files.
  • Basic Use of MS PowerPoint 2007.
  • Creating education presentations using clip art.
  • Basic Use of MS Excel 2007.
  • Creating simple spreadsheets, sometimes using symbols.
  • Navigation and basic search functions of the Internet using Internet Explorer.
  • Use of MS Outlook 2007 email, opening attachments, attaching new files to emails, and saving attached files to computer.
  • Use of shared network file space.
  • Basic use of computers, printers, monitors, patient care devices, and fax machines.
  • Navigation and use of Nurse Call system.
  • Information Literacy:
    • Use of Internet and Intranet to look up basic electronic resources for practice.
    • Ability to find and print Patient Family Education Documents.
    • Ability to find PPM Department Council minutes from last month.
    • Ability to find and navigate Department of Nursing websites and related linked CHOP resource sites.
    • Ability to perform a literature search on the Internet and ability to find professional journal and/or research-based articles.
    • Ability to evaluate Internet sites for reliability.
  • Information Management Literacy:
    • Navigation of electronic health information records and ability to review specific patient data in a clinical information system.
    • Understanding of policies and procedures around timeliness of care, use of a clinical information system, and support of safe nursing practice.
    • Utilize applicable clinical pathways.
    • Ability to collect raw clinical data using quality tools.
    • Ability to discuss, evaluate, and analyze outcome data in charts and tables.
    • Discuss the responsibilities of each user of an electronic record related to confidentiality and privacy.
    • Coordination of patient care information in a fragmented environment, where there are both electronic and hard copy references.

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required
• Registered Nurse (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - issued through an organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross) - upon hire - Required

EEO / VEVRAA Federal Contractor

As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient-facing responsibilities must receive an annual influenza vaccine.

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