Registered Nurse RN Med-Surg/Cardiac Telemetry Overflow (Part Time/Nights)

About the role

Penn Medicine is dedicated to its tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in medicine. The Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague practices as a full partner on the health care team, consistently demonstrating safe practice within the organizational professional practice model. This role 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 nurse works closely with the interprofessional health care team to facilitate coordination of care across the continuum, focusing on expanding knowledge and skills necessary to provide individualized care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age-appropriate considerations. The Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague demonstrates competency across domains including Continuous Quality Improvement, Evidence Based Practice and Research, Leadership, Person and Family Centered Care, Professionalism, Safety, Technology Informatics, and Teamwork.

Schedule

Part Time (24 hours per week). Nights (7 pm–7 am). Every third weekend and rotating holidays.

Responsibilities

• Incorporates the 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 the 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 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.
• Provides leadership to other members of the team by effectively communicating expected standards of care and encouraging and supporting team members and their contributions.
• Demonstrates an understanding of and a commitment to values of privacy, quality, respect, service, and teamwork.
• 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 established outcomes are achieved through availability and appropriate utilization of human, material, and financial resources.
• Educates patients about healthy practices and treatment modalities.
• Systematically 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.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• RN licensure required, issued by the PA Board of Nursing.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred. For Magnet-designated RN positions, BSN or higher-level nursing degree is required for incumbents based upon previously established parameters, or within three (3) years of placement in position.
• Completion of the Nurse Residency Program or more than 15 months of practice.
• 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.
• Must be 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).
• As outlined in unit-based Plan for Provision of Care.

Benefits

Penn Medicine offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Employee benefits programs help employees get healthy and stay healthy.