RN, Student Health

About the Role

In 1971, Yale University established Yale Health to provide health services to its faculty, staff, and students through a multidisciplinary health maintenance organization located on campus. Yale Health has approximately 49,000 members, including students, staff, faculty, and their families, and is committed to an inclusive workplace. The Student Health Nurse assumes responsibility for triage, assessment, care-coordination, follow-up, transitional care, clinical evaluation, and clinical decision-making for the assigned population and unit. This role prioritizes care and disposition of patients from both telephonic and in-person encounters, ensuring compliance with nursing principles, medication safety, and scope of practice.

The Clinical Nurse utilizes the nursing process—assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation—while maintaining confidentiality and dignity. They provide safe, evidence-based care tailored to individual patient needs and partner with the care delivery team to facilitate coordination at the unit level. The role supports organizational and strategic goals, ensures consistent adherence to clinical policies, and fosters a culture of safety and ongoing service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Uses the nursing process to deliver high-quality, comprehensive, and individualized care to members of Yale Health.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team members to support unit activities and achieve positive patient outcomes.
• Delegates responsibilities to appropriate care team members based on roles, scope of practice, knowledge, and capabilities.
• Contributes to a positive work environment by being responsive to change and maintaining collaborative relationships.
• Completes competency-based orientation within the designated time frame and identifies self-learning needs to meet professional goals.
• Delivers excellence in patient care through compliance with patient safety and regulatory initiatives.
• Communicates professionally with patients, families, colleagues, and care team members, accepting and providing feedback to resolve issues.
• Uses resources in a fiscally responsible manner and ensures compliance with University, State, and federal healthcare regulations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing.
• Licensure as a registered nurse in the State of Connecticut.
• Previous nursing expertise with demonstrated ability to multitask and prioritize in a high-volume outpatient environment.
• Competent clinical triage and critical thinking skills.
• Demonstrated maintenance of professional skills and competency through continuing education.
• Active membership in professional organizations.
• Outstanding communication, interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• Proficiency in using an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system.
• Excellent attendance, punctuality, and reliability.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least three years of nursing experience in an inpatient hospital unit, ambulatory care, emergency medicine, critical care, primary care, or a college health center.
• Proficiency in Epic EMR system.

Skills

• Clinical triage and decision-making.
• Multitasking and prioritization in fast-paced environments.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Collaboration and teamwork within multidisciplinary settings.
• Computer proficiency, particularly with EMR systems.
• Adaptability to change and problem-solving.

Schedule

Full-time, Monday - Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm. Cross-coverage for Athletic Medicine may be required, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm. Early mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and recess periods may also be required.

Pay

Salary range: $65,000.00 - $101,000.00.

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged standing and walking.
• Use of sight, hearing, and touch.
• Moving and lifting patients of varying weights.
• Extensive keyboard use and ability to sit in front of a computer screen for long periods.

Health Requirements

This role requires compliance with health requirements for healthcare workers, including:

• MMR vaccine or immunity.
• Varicella (chickenpox) vaccine or immunity.
• TB screening.
• COVID-19 vaccine according to University policy.
• Hepatitis B vaccine or immunity.
• Annual flu vaccination.