Registered Nurse (RN), IVU, Full-Time (Day Shift)

About the role

The Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague at Penn Medicine Lancaster assumes responsibility and accountability as defined by the American Nurses Association standards of nursing practice. This role requires a minimum of 3-5 years RN experience or critical care experience, and completion of the Nurse Residency Program or more than 15 months of practice.

Responsibilities

• Incorporates Lancaster General Health mission, vision and values into planning patient care.
• Functions as an independent and interdependent member of the health care team as defined in unit based Plan for Provision of Care.
• Performs patient assessments, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive functions.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes and adapts the plan of care based on recognized trends and changes.
• Collects and manages comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation.
• Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues.
• Formulates age-appropriate and culturally and ethically sensitive plan of care.
• Implements care in a knowledgeable manner and coordinates patient care across several disciplines and among caregivers.
• Demonstrates leadership to other members of the team by effectively communicating expected standards of care and encouraging and supporting team members and their contributions.
• Assigns, delegates, and supervises other employees and intervenes as appropriate to assure that the plan of care is carried out, continuity of care is provided and that established outcomes are achieved through availability and appropriated utilization of human, material and financial resources.
• Edutes patients about healthy practices and treatment modalities.
• Systmatically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practices. Utilizes technology where appropriate.
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services.

Requirements

• RN licensure is required, issued by the PA Board of Nursing.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing BSN or higher level nursing degree is required.
• CPR Certification - American Heart Association AHA Basic Life Support, formerly Healthcare Provider AHA Heart Saver courses for CPR are not accepted required within 30 days of hire.
• A health care provider in good standing with Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal and state health insurance programs, i.e. not excluded from participation in Medicare, Medicaid or any other federal or state health insurance program.
• Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
• Registered Nurse - PA (Required)
• Completion of the Nurse Residency Program or more than 15 months of practice.

Qualifications

• Completion of the Nurse Residency Program or more than 15 months of practice.
• Lactation Support RNs are required to obtain their IBCLC Certification within 2 years of hire into the position.

Skills

Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties:

Benefits

We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region.

Pay

Details on pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The schedule is Full-Time, Day Shift, 40 hours/week. On-call required with a 30 minute response time.