Registered Nurse RN Pulmonary Med-Surg/Telemetry Unit (Full Time / Days)

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. This position is located at Lancaster General Hospital in Lancaster, PA, on the 8 Frederick unit—a 20‑bed medical‑surgical unit specializing in respiratory conditions such as COPD, asthma, pneumonia, and other respiratory disorders. The unit also provides telemetry monitoring and advanced treatments including high‑flow oxygen therapy (Vapotherm). The Clinical Nurse 1 New to Practice Apprentice role is for newly licensed RNs or those with less than 15 months of experience, focusing on developing competent professional nursing practice under the ANA standards and Penn Medicine’s professional practice model.

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 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.
• 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 our 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 that established outcomes are achieved through availability and appropriated 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.
• Other duties as assigned.

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 within 3 years of RN hire date.
• New hires who start their employment with a temporary practice permit must sit for their NCLEX within 60 days of starting in their RN role.
• A graduate registered nurse may only practice professional nursing under supervision and if the graduate registered nurse holds a current temporary practice permit