Float Pool Nurse - Intensive Care Units

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A Brief Overview

This position is dual support for both Philadelphia and King of Prussia campuses. Candidates are required to have two (2) recent years of pediatric inpatient ICU experience (NICU/PICU/CICU). Shift and schedule details directly below.

The Clinical Nurse Float Pool I is a clinically competent practitioner of pediatric, family-centered nursing. The nurse, at this level, provides safe nursing care to the general unit population ICU, Medical, Surgical, and at least 1 specialty area as defined in Supplemental Staffing Nursing Policy, with minimal guidance and bases practice on identified principles and standards of care.

• Minimum Total Hours: 48 hours per 6 week schedule period (0.175 FTE)
• Weekend Requirement: 24 hours per 6 week schedule period
• Department: Flex Team
• Holiday Requirement (Winter/Summer): None
• "High Request" Days: 1 per year
• Shifts Available: Evenings / Nights / Weekends

What You Will Do

• Nursing Practice
• Follows Nursing Process to deliver safe care: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Synthesizes patient assessment data and recognizes complex situations prior to communicating with care team.
• Collaborates with family, team members, and other caregivers to initiate/update plan of care, patient/family education, and discharge needs.
• Manages care of complex patients utilizing proper prioritization and delegation to appropriate staff.
• Identifies expected outcomes, revises plan of care when unexpected outcomes arise, and begins to use full range of communication as a means of conveying plan.
• Documents ongoing evaluation and effectiveness of patient care utilizing current hospital standards, policies, and procedures.
• Provides care that meets professional standards of practice and meets regulatory requirements.
• Professionalism/Leadership
• Role models appearance and behavior that promotes a positive image of nursing.
• Interacts with parents/patients and colleagues with respect and dignity.
• Spends the extra time with families, listening for avenues to improve on the ideal patient experience.
• Understands the impact of arriving to work on time, is ready to start the shift, and predicts challenges and obstacles.
• Provides an accurate patient status report to members of the team that reflect nursing interventions and patient outcomes.
• Actively participates in patient care rounds and makes recommendations to the plan of care.
• Chairs and/or participates in unit PPM council and may participate in departmental PPM council.
• Research
• Reads nursing articles, analyzes information, and initiates staff discussion(s).
• Assists with data collection in research studies being conducted in work area.
• Participates in efforts to apply research findings to clinical practice.
• Frames basic research questions.
• Learning
• Identifies own learning needs. Seeks out opportunities to meet needs and attends all required programs.
• Applies education and training from internal in-services to daily work to enhance personal nursing knowledge and skills.
• Attends education programs related to patient population.
• Utilizes patient education materials relevant to patient population.
• Demonstrates healthcare informatics competency to manage patient care, outcome data, and current and emerging healthcare technology, which include:
• Basic computer competency, including the effective use of patient care devices, computers, computer software programs such as e-mail and word processing programs, and shared network file space.
• Information literacy, including the effective use of the Intranet and Internet to find electronic resources for patient care, nursing practice, and evidence-based decision-making.
• Information management skills, including the effective use of the electronic health record and clinical information systems, the ability to collect clinical data using quality tools, and the ability to discuss, evaluate, and analyze outcome data presented in charts and tables.
• Resource Management
• Participates in promoting quality, efficient, and cost-effective care.
• Monitors own usage of supplies and equipment. Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes recommendations.
• Manages own time to accomplish direct/indirect care in a cost-efficient manner

Education Qualifications

• Technical Diploma Nursing - Required
• Bachelor's Degree Nursing - Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• At least two (2) years Inpatient Pediatric Nursing Experience - Required

Skills and Abilities

• Computer Competency
• Basic Use of MS Word. (Required proficiency)
• - Creating meeting minutes, charts, and tables. (Required proficiency)
• - Saving and naming new and established files. (Required proficiency)
• Basic Use of MS PowerPoint. (Required proficiency)
• - Creating education presentations using clip art. (Required proficiency)
• Basic Use of MS Excel. (Required proficiency)
• - Creating simple spreadsheets, sometimes using symbols. (Required proficiency)
• Navigation and basic search functions of the Internet using Internet Explorer. (Required proficiency)
• Use of MS Outlook email, opening attachments, attaching new files to emails, and saving attached files to computer. (Required proficiency)
• Use of shared network file space. (Required proficiency)
• Basic use of computers, printers, monitors, patient care devices, and fax machines. (Required proficiency)
• - Navigation and use of Sortec Nurse Call system. (Required proficiency)
• Information Literacy
• Use of Internet and Intranet to look up basic electronic resources for practice. (Required proficiency)
• - Ability to find and print Patient Family Education Documents. (Required proficiency)
• - Ability to find PPM Department Council minutes from last month. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to find and navigate Department of Nursing websites and related linked CHOP resource sites. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to perform a literature search on the Internet and ability to find professional journal and/or research-based articles. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to evaluate Internet sites for reliability. (Required proficiency)
• Information Management Literacy
• Navigation of electronic health information records (Required proficiency)
• Ability to review specific patient data in a clinical information system. (Required proficiency)
• Understanding of policies and procedures around timeliness of care, use of a clinical information system, and support of safe nursing practice. (Required proficiency)
• - Utilize applicable clinical pathways. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to collect raw clinical data using quality tools. (Required proficiency)
• Ability to discuss, evaluate, and analyze outcome data in charts and tables. (Required proficiency)
• Discuss the responsibilities of each user of an electronic record related to confidentiality and privacy. (Required proficiency)
• Coordination of patient care information in a fragmented environment, where there are both electronic and hard copy references. (Required proficiency)

Licenses and Certifications

• Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or
• Nursing Temporary Practice Permit (Pennsylvania)

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