RN II Primary Care Clinic

Full-time, day shift position (Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm) in Arkansas Children's Pediatrics.

About the role

Provides a competent level of nursing practice to autonomously deliver safe and effective patient and family-centered care. Uses knowledge, skill, and experience to analyze, think critically, plan, prioritize, and organize care, make appropriate clinical judgments, and efficiently manage routine and unexpected clinical situations.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a competent level of understanding and application of the AC Model of Patient and Family-Centered care, addressing physical, psychosocial, and educational needs of the patient and family.
• Consistently provides safe and effective nursing care at a competent level in accordance with policies, procedures, professional practice standards, and state Practice Act/Rules and Regulations.
• Demonstrates competent technical and procedural nursing skills.
• Communicates and collaborates through meaningful clinical documentation, completes hand-offs, and participates in rounds and team meetings to assure continuity of care and desired patient outcomes.
• Competently assesses patients and provides developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive care, incorporating diversional, play, or recreational activities as needed.
• Analyzes information to identify problems and outcomes, evaluates variations and patterns in patient/family data, and recognizes implications for care.
• Develops, maintains, and applies the plan of care in collaboration with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team members.
• Identifies and competently and promptly responds to changes in patient condition.
• Provides individualized patient and family education at competent levels, assessing learning needs and developing appropriate education plans.
• Consistently documents all patient and family education activities and facilitates comprehensive interdisciplinary teaching.
• Advances evidence-based nursing practice using best available evidence, patient and family preferences and values, and team's clinical expertise at a competent level.
• Successfully searches for and applies evidence to guide clinical practice.
• Exemplifies and supports the AC Professional Practice Model.
• Evaluates own performance to identify areas of strength and needs for professional development, and provides input for peer evaluations.
• Participates in interdisciplinary shared decision-making activities.
• Actively contributes to the improvement of patient care, nursing practice, and the work environment by identifying areas of improvement, evaluating and implementing new equipment, products, and technology.
• Initiates advocacy actions for patients, families, and the AC team as needed to ensure quality patient care.
• Participates in councils, committees, task forces, hospital initiatives, onboarding, recruitment, and retention activities.
• Successfully guides individuals, groups, and activities to achieve patient goals and positive outcomes.
• Participates in community activities that promote health and wellness.
• Competently mentors, coaches, and teaches healthcare professionals and students.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate's degree or equivalent from a two-year college program, technical school, or nursing diploma.
• Registered Nurse (RN) license in Arkansas or a Compact State.

Qualifications

• One of the following:
  • Required: 1 year of nursing experience.
  • Recommended for internal employees: Demonstrated performance of 100% at the previous level and score within documented RN II/III levels via ACHieve career ladder.
• Recommended:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
  • Certification specific to patient population.

This position is designated as safety-sensitive and cannot be filled by a candidate who is a current user of medical marijuana. Flu vaccines are required. Arkansas Children's is a tobacco-free workplace.