CSO Experienced ICU Registered Nurse - Single Hospital Float

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values — integrity, patient‑centered, respect, accountability, and compassion — must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

As an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) healthcare team, the Registered Professional Nurse (RN) upholds the YNHHS mission, vision, and values to provide the highest level of patient‑centered care. The RN practices professional nursing within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, the American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model.

The RN demonstrates leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, and quality outcomes; nurses practice within a framework of autonomy and accountability, employ evidence and data to support practice, and keep the patient and family at the center of care.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

• Standards of Practice:
  Guided by the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice (2015), the RN must employ the nursing process – assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation – to provide competent care. The RN collects pertinent data, analyzes it to determine diagnoses, sets expected outcomes, develops and modifies individualized plans, implements strategies, coordinates care and transitions, promotes health and safety, and evaluates progress toward outcomes.
• Standards of Professional Performance:
  Guided by the ANA Standards of Professional Performance (2015), the RN is expected to engage in ethical practice, culturally congruent practice, effective communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence‑based practice and research, quality of practice, resource utilization, and environmental health. The RN is accountable for professional actions toward the consumer, peers, and society.

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred. All newly hired registered nurses must have current BCLS certification or obtain it within one month of hire.

Registered Nurse is the foundational role; all RNs are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.

Licensed and currently registered in the State of Connecticut. Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.

Registered Nurse is the foundational role; all RNs are encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.

Requires prolonged standing, walking, and use of sight, hearing, and touch. May be exposed to infectious diseases and physical, mental, and emotional illness, including end‑of‑life conditions and death. Moderate stress and risk of injury from patient care. Standing/walking for more than half the day; frequently bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, and lifting. Must assist with patients weighing five (5) to three hundred (300) pounds.

1 year of ICU experience required. This position will float among several ICUs.

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