Registered Nurse - General Pulmonary

About the role

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is seeking a Registered Nurse for their outpatient Pulmonary department. This position will be Monday-Friday and will require time at the Buerger Center and King of Prussia Specialty Care Center. The shift and location will be based off of the operational need.

Responsibilities

• Practice follows the Nursing Process to deliver safe care: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Synthesizes patient assessment data and recognizes complex situations prior to communicating with care team.
• Collaborates with family, team members and other caregivers to initiate/update plan of care, patient/family education.
• Manages care of complex patients utilizing proper prioritization and delegation to appropriate staff.
• Identifies expected outcomes and revises plan of care when unexpected outcomes arise and begins to use full range of communication as a means of conveying plan.
• Documents care that meets professional standards of practice and meets regulatory requirements.
• Role models appearance and behaviors that promote a positive image of nursing.
• Interacts with parents/patients and colleagues with respect and dignity while focusing on ideas to improve on the ideal patient experience.
• Spending extra time with families listening for avenues to improve on the ideal patient experience.
• Understands the impact of arriving to work on time and predicts challenges and obstacles.
• Provides an accurate patient status report to members of the team that reflect nursing interventions and patient outcomes.
• Actively collaborates with other clinical staff to make recommendations on the plan of care.
• Chairs and/or participates in Specialty Care Shared Governance council(s).
• Reads nursing articles, analyzes information and initiates staff discussion(s).
• Assists with data collection in research studies being conducted in work area.
• Participates in efforts to apply research findings to clinical practice.
• Can frame a basic research question.
• Able to identify own learning needs. Seeks out opportunities to meet needs and attends 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 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 own time to accomplish direct/indirect care in a cost efficient manner.

Requirements

• At least one (1) year previous RN experience.
• At least one (1) year of previous Pediatric RN experience (preferred).

Qualifications

• Technical Diploma Nursing - Required.
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing - Preferred.

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, 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.
• 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

Salary Range: $76,100.00 - $97,000.00 Annually

Pay

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

Schedule

The shift and location will be based off of the operational need.

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 on organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross) - upon hire - Required

Equal Opportunity Employer

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We celebrate diversity and are proud to be an EEO/AA employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status.