Registered Nurse Inpatient

About the role

The Clinical Nurse (CN) II provides Family-Centered Care as demonstrated by recognizing the patient, family and/or designee as a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and needs. Assumes active role in clinical education of patients, families and staff. Functions effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. Integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise for delivery of optimal health care. Uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and uses improvement methods to test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Family-Centered Care: Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's preferences, values, and needs. Delivers patient and family centered care incorporating the nursing process while providing developmentally appropriate, culturally sensitive, evidence based care. Actively anticipates changes in patient outcomes/unit needs in the provision of care. Care is guided by the Professional Practice Model throughout the continuum of care. Communicate and advocate patient values, preferences and expressed needs as part of implementation of care plan, evaluation of care and assessment of patient/family learning needs to the interdisciplinary team. Initiates and anticipates individualized care and education for patients/families across the continuum using an interdisciplinary approach.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. Applies communication practices that minimize risks across transitions of care. Presents own perspective and supporting evidence in patient care and team discussions. Collaborates with team members in shared decision making.
• Evidence Based Practice: Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care. Identifies key concepts of research and evidence-based practice. Participates in structuring the work environment to facilitate integration of new evidence into standards of practice. Recognizes and communicates the need for revision of hospital and departmental policies procedures, practice guidelines, and/or measures for clinical practice evaluation. Recognizes the standard of care provided by the applicable professional organization and/or association.
• Quality Improvement: Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems. Utilizes outcome data at the patient level to make care decisions. Participates in the quality improvement activities and uses quality measures to understand individual and unit performance.
• Safety: Minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Utilizes and discusses policy, procedures, and guidelines to support practice. Communicates observations or concerns related to unsafe situations that pose a risk to patients, families or the health care team.
• Informatics: Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making. Recognizes and applies information and technology of patient and unit outcomes to facilitate communication, clinical decision making, error prevention, and care coordination. Navigates and documents in the EMR to support patient care.
• Leadership: Nurses support organizational goals, advance the nursing profession, and enhance professional development by extending their influence to professional and community groups. Works within scope of practice and delegates according to Nurse Practice Act. Participates in professional governance activities. Seeks opportunities to participate in professional development activities.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required. Applicants with an Associate's Degree in Nursing and who agree to obtain a BSN within three (3) years from their start/hire date may be considered in lieu of a BSN. Master's Entry to Practice Nursing (MEPN) may substitute for a BSN.
• Experience: One (1) year of nursing experience required.
• Licenses & Certifications:
  • Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) with at least six (6) months left before expiration
  • Registered Nurse (RN) License from multistate compact

Pay

Hourly Range: $39.88 to $59.82 (pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience).

Schedule

Full-time, benefit eligible. Shift: 7p to 7a, every 3rd weekend and rotating holidays. Department: North Campus Inpatient.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits package including base pay, incentives, and paid time off
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company provided life and disability insurance
• Paid parental leave
• 403b employer match (retirement savings)
• Robust wellness program
• Access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help advance your career
• Annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance (paid the following April if organizational goals are met)
• Annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on performance over the previous year