PRN Ambulatory Nurse

About the Role

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. The Ambulatory Nurse II Colleague is an RN that practices as a full partner on the health care team within the Sellersville Cardiology department, located at 670 Lawn Ave Ste 3A in Sellersville. This per-diem position involves working closely with the interprofessional health care team to facilitate coordination of care across the continuum.

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, who may range in age from infancy to the elderly. The role focuses on expanding knowledge and skills to provide individualized care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age-appropriate considerations.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences for optimal health care delivery and system effectiveness.
• 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 patient 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 outcomes for patients.
• Utilizes data and quality improvement methods to identify potential and actual problems and opportunities to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable.
• Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, policies, and procedures.
• Handles other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization.

Requirements

• 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).

Qualifications

• Active RN licensure with state (Required).
• BLS/ACLS/PALS certification per specialty (Required).

Benefits

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