RN Registered Nurse - AHN Cancer Institute - Jefferson

RN Registered Nurse - AHN Cancer Institute - Jefferson

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• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Health Care Provider
• Industry: Hospitals and Health Care

The Registered Nurse assesses human responses and plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for individuals or families for whom the nurse is responsible. The RN is fully responsible for all actions as a licensed nurse and is accountable to patients for the quality of care delivered. Nursing care delivery typically crosses the outpatient to inpatient continuum.

• Provides transformational leadership in a professional practice setting by striving to create and participate in the future of healthcare.
• Team player who contributes to building the team by helping others succeed through role modeling and mentoring.
• Assigns or delegates tasks based on needs of patient and skill level of RN, LPN or support staff; assigns duties and lunches for staff when performing charge role.
• Considers maintenance of safe environment, patient condition, complexity of intervention and predictability of outcome.
• Provides peers with verbal and written feedback regarding clinical practice and role performance.
• Shares knowledge and skills with peers and cultivates a work environment that promotes positive employee attitudes, effective communications, trust, and collaboration.
• Willfully accepts mistakes of self and others, creating a culture where risk‑taking is safe; creativity, flexibility, resilience and adaptability are key.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary team to evaluate clinical care or health services.
• Promotes patient safety initiatives (e.g., National Patient Safety Goals).
• Participates in department‑specific quality initiatives (e.g., EBP population specific) and assures appropriate order sets are used.
• Supervises, delegates and evaluates assigned LPN scope of practice as appropriate.
• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, evaluate and implement a patient plan of care according to the individual needs as prescribed by physician, nurse and hospital policy.
• Derives culturally and age‑appropriate expected outcomes involving patient, family and other health care providers.
• Analyzes health status of individuals and families comparing data with the norm to determine patient care needs.
• Assesses patient reports/records for changes of condition and notifies physician/supervisor, intervenes appropriately and documents accordingly.
• Accepts assignments in areas other than primary unit and performs duties within individualized competency.
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous lifelong learning and professional development for self and others.
• Promotes advancement of the profession through participation in professional organizations.
• Seeks formal and independent learning activities using current research findings to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
• Participates in systematic peer review and obtains informal feedback regarding own practice.
• Meets time and attendance guidelines per hospital policy.
• Places patient at the center of everything, continuously evaluating and assessing patient and family satisfaction, and advocates for patients.
• Participates in department‑specific patient satisfaction initiatives.
• Promotes compassionate communication that is patient and family‑centered.
• Assesses for and attempts to resolve patient/family concerns.
• Utilizes effective time‑management skills to complete assigned duties within established work shift.

• Completed RN training program and have PA RN licensure or have applied for practice permit.
• CPR Certification.
• Act 34 Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.
• Act 33 Child Abuse Clearance Certificate.
• Act 73 FBI Fingerprinting Criminal Background Clearance Certificate.

• Certification in area of specialty.

Highmark Health and its affiliates prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on any category protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This job adheres to the ethical and legal standards and behavioral expectations as set forth in the company’s code of business conduct and policies.

Employees must comply with HIPAA and all data security guidelines. Employees may have access to confidential information and must protect it at all times.

Please contact HR Services Online at HRServices for accommodation requests.