SEAL TEAM RN: Tier 2 MST North/East (Nights)

About the role

The professional nurse at Jefferson Health uses the nursing process to meet the unique needs of each patient, integrating evidence-based practice and respecting cultural beliefs and values.

Responsibilities

• Develops nursing plans of care with patients and their designated care partners.
• Collaborates with patients, their family/designated care partners to identify learning needs and priorities.
• Provides education in ways that are useful, understandable, and affirming.
• Minimizes risk of harm by following established nursing practices and protocols.
• Uses information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, and support ethical decision making.
• Maintains data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and designs/implements changes to improve quality and safety.
• Fosters open communication and mutual respect within nursing and inter-professional teams.
• Creates an environment of belonging and inclusion, demonstrating skills in problem-solving and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrates a commitment to learning and professional growth.
• Participates in hospital- and practice setting-based committees, including safety and quality improvement.

Requirements

• Required BSN degree.
• 4 years previous experience as an RN in an acute care setting.
• Must be able to float to Northern and Eastern Region.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Patient-and Family-Centered Practice: Knowledge of how to convey respect and collaborate with patients, families, and designated care partners in care and care planning.
• Cultural Awareness: Knowledge of people with diverse backgrounds and the ability to convey respect and connect effectively.
• Effective Communication: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques, ability to effectively transmit, receive, and interpret information.
• Patient Assessment and Care: Knowledge of and ability to assess ailments and injuries of patients and implement a treatment plan.
• Patient and Designated Care Partner Education: Knowledge of child and adult education techniques and the ability to elicit learning priorities and needs and educate patients and their designated care partners on the patient's condition, treatment, and medications.
• Medication Administration and Prescription: Knowledge of various medications used to treat patients, ability to apply this knowledge to the administration of medications and to the prescription of drugs for continuing treatment outside of the hospital.
• Discharge Planning: Knowledge of the patient's post-discharge needs and the ability to partner with the patient and family/designated care partner(s) in developing a discharge plan and arranging for follow-up care.
• Assessment and Diagnosis: Knowledge of various tools and techniques for patient assessment and nursing diagnosis or clinical judgement, ability to explore and analyze reasons behind symptoms and generate resolutions according to available drugs, facilities, and techniques.
• Health Information Documentation: Knowledge of the relevance of health information and appropriate documentation methods, ability to record medical histories, symptoms, vital signs, medications, diagnoses, treatment plans, procedures, tests, and medical results in written or electronic form.

Qualifications

• BLS - Basic Life Support.
• AHA - American Heart Association ACLS.
• RN - Licensed Registered Nurse.
• PA - State of Pennsylvania License.

Skills

• Ability to work shifts including Day, Night, and rotating schedules.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.