Registered Nurse - Brandywine Valley Specialty Care Center

About the role

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is seeking a Registered Nurse for their outpatient Brandywine Valley Specialty Care Center. This position is Monday-Friday, with occasional Saturdays. The schedule will be based on operational needs and may require coverage at additional sites.

Responsibilities

• Practice follows the nursing process to deliver safe care: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Synthesizes patient assessment data and communicates with the care team.
• Collaborates with family, team members, and other caregivers to initiate/update the plan of care and provide patient/family education.
• Manages care of complex patients utilizing proper prioritization and delegation to appropriate staff.
• Identifies expected outcomes and revises the plan of care when unexpected outcomes arise and uses full range of communication as a means of conveying the plan.
• Documents ongoing evaluation and effectiveness of patient care utilizing current standards, policies, and procedures.
• Provides care that meets professional standards of practice and regulatory requirements.
• Models appearance and behaviors that promote a positive image of nursing, interacts with parents/patients and colleagues with respect and dignity, and focuses on improving the ideal patient experience.
• Spending extra time with families to listen for avenues to improve the ideal patient experience.
• Able to predict challenges and obstacles and provides an accurate patient status report to team members.
• Collaborates with other clinical staff to make recommendations on the plan of care.
• Chairs and/or participates in Specialty Care Shared Governance councils.
• 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.
• Can frame a basic research question.
• Able to identify own learning needs, seek out opportunities to meet those needs, and attend all required programs.
• Applies education and training from internal in-services to daily work to enhance personal nursing knowledge and skills.
• Utilizes patient education materials relevant to the patient population.
• Demonstrates health care informatics competency in order to manage patient care, outcome data, and current and emerging health care technology.
• Participates in promoting quality, efficient, and cost-effective care.
• Maintains awareness of own usage of supplies and equipment and identifies opportunities for improvement.
• Manages own time to accomplish direct/indirect care in a cost-efficient manner.

Requirements

• Technical Diploma Nursing Required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing Preferred
• At least one (1) year previous RN experience Required
• At least one (1) year of previous Pediatric RN experience Preferred

Qualifications

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

Skills and Abilities

• Computer Competency: Basic use of a computer (mouse, keyboard, printer, USB ports), basic use of Microsoft Office (Word processing, spreadsheets, presentations and Skype), web browsing, intranet search, document access, use of shared network file space, basic use of patient facing technology (e.g. IV pumps, point of care devices, CR monitors), navigation and use of clinical communication systems, use of patient facing technology (e.g. IV pumps, point of care devices, CR monitors).
• Information Literacy: Determines the nature and extent of clinical information needed and uses the appropriate technology to access it, accesses needed information effectively and efficiently, evaluates information and its sources critically and appropriately incorporates it into clinical practice, evaluates outcomes of the use of information.
• Information Management Literacy: Navigation of the electronic health record system, ability to locate and review specific patient data in various clinical information systems, effectively uses clinical decision support tools, understands policies and procedures, confidentiality, security, and privacy regulations regarding the use of clinical information systems, ability to collect clinical data using quality improvement tools.

Benefits

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. 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.

Pay

SALARY RANGE: $76,100.00 - $97,000.00 Annually

The salary range is shown for full-time jobs. If you're working part-time, your pay will be adjusted accordingly. At CHOP, we are committed to fair and transparent pay practices. Factors such as skills and experience could result in an offer above the salary range noted in this job posting. Click here for more information regarding CHOP's Compensation and Benefits.