EHN CCU Registered Nurse: Tier 2

EHN CCU RN

Critical care experience required. Per diem: Nurse RN Tier 2 Minimum commitment - 24 hours weekend requirement - 24 hours (included in minimum) holiday requirement - 1 winter and 1 summer. Join the mission of improving lives as a staff nurse at Jefferson Health. With more than 42,000 employees, we're the second largest employer in Philadelphia and the largest health system in the Philadelphia region. And our work to improve lives is never done.

Staff nurses are responsible for the following: performs patient procedures within the nursing scope of practice. Practices safe medication administration and assesses patient responses to medication. Participates in reviewing and/or implementing clinical pathways and care coordination. The staff nurse will provide professional nursing care to a group of patients within a specified time period and complete all required documentation.

Qualifications for this position include: BSN degree preferred state issued RN license Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association.

Benefits include, but are not limited to: comprehensive medical, dental, & vision plans retirement plans tuition reimbursement health coaching, commuter discounts, day care services, etc.

Essential functions:

• Interacts with co-workers, patients, their family/designated care partner(s), and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
• Integrates evidence-based practice, clinical expertise, patients, their family/designated care partner(s) preferences and cultural beliefs and values for delivery of optimal healthcare.
• Partners with patients, their family/designated care partner(s)) in identifying learning needs and priorities and provides education in ways that are useful, understandable, and affirming.
• Minimizes risk of harm to patients and others by following established nursing practices and protocols and individual performance.
• Uses information technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support ethical decision making.
• Uses data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and uses improvement methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of patient care.
• Functions effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.
• Recognizes the patients, their family/designated care partner(s) in providing safe, compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient's personal preferences, priorities, needs, and cultural beliefs and values.
• Creates an environment of belonging and inclusion, demonstrating skills in problem solving and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrates a commitment to learning and seeks opportunities for continued professional growth and development and acts in primary preceptor role to appropriate staff members.
• Actively participates in hospital- and practice setting-based committees, including safety and quality improvement.
• Demonstrates willingness to give and receive feedback and integrates appropriate changes into practice.

Qualification: BSN required previous experience as an RN in an acute care setting strongly preferred.

Work shift: workday day (United States of America) worker sub type: regular employee entity: Albert Einstein Medical Center primary location address: 5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.