Registered Nurse - CHOP at Virtua (Per Diem)

Per Diem Registered Nurse

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) is seeking a per diem Registered Nurse for their CHOP at Virtua location. This position will be 1-2 days per week and will be required to travel to other New Jersey sites as needed.

Pediatric and leadership experience is preferred. A clinically competent practitioner of pediatric, family centered nursing. Provides safe nursing care to the general division population with minimal guidance, and bases practice on identified principles and standards of care. Responsible for day-to-day patient care, assessment and treatment in an outpatient office and comply with the administrative policies and clinical protocols as outlined in policy and procedure manual. Administratively responsible to the Site Manager and Ambulatory Nursing Director for nursing practice issues.

What You Will Do:

• 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.
• Manages care of complex patients utilizing proper prioritization and delegation to appropriate staff.
• Identifies expected outcomes and revises plan of care when unexpected outcomes arise and begins to use full range of communication as a means of conveying plan.
• Documentation reflects ongoing evaluation and effectiveness of patient care utilizing current standards, policies and procedures.
• Provides care that meets professional standards of practice and meets regulatory requirements.
• Professionalism/Leadership
• Role models appearance and behaviors that promote a positive image of nursing
• Interacts with parents/patients and colleagues with respect and dignity while focusing on ideas to improve on the ideal patient experience.
• 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 and predicts challenges and obstacles.
• Provides an accurate patient status report to members of the team that reflect nursing interventions and patient outcomes.
• Actively collaborates with other clinical staff to make recommendations on the plan of care.
• Chairs and/or participates in Specialty Care Shared Governance council(s).
• 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.
• Can frame a basic research question.
• Learning
• Able to identify 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 health care informatics competency in order to manage patient care, outcome data and current and emerging health care technology.
• Resource Management
• Participates in promoting quality, efficient and cost effective care.
• Monitors own usage of supplies and equipment and 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 one (1) year of previous RN experience Required
• At least one (1) year previous Pediatric RN experience Preferred

Skills and Abilities:

• Informatics competencies for registered nurses:
• Computer Competency
• Basic Use of MS Word 2007
• Creation of meeting minutes, creation of charts and tables
• Saving and naming of new and established files
• Basic Use of MS PowerPoint 2007
• Creation of an education presentation using clip art
• Basic Use of MS Excel 2007
• Creation of a simple spreadsheet and use of symbols
• Navigation and basic search functions of the Internet using Internet Explorer
• Use of Outlook 2007 email, opening of attachments, attaching new files to emails and saving attached files to computer
• Use of shared network file space, if applicable
• Basic use of computers, printers, monitors, patient care devices, and Fax machines
• Information Literacy
• Use of Internet and Intranet to look up basic electronic resources for practice
• Ability to find and print Patient Family Education Documents
• Ability to find PPM Department Council minutes from last month, if applicable
• Ability to find and navigate the Department of Nursing websites and related linked CHOP resource sites
• Ability to perform a literature search on the internet and ability to find professional journal and/or research based articles
• Ability to evaluate internet sites for reliability
• Information Management Literacy
• Navigation of electronic health information records and ability to review specific patient data in a clinical information system
• Understanding of policies and procedures around timeliness of care, use of a clinical information system and support of safe nursing practice
• Utilize applicable clinical pathways
• Ability to collect raw clinical data using quality tools
• Ability to discuss, evaluate and analyze outcome data presented in charts and tables
• Discuss the responsibilities of each user of an electronic record related to confidentiality and privacy
• Coordination of patient care information in a fragmented environment where there is partially online and partially paper references

Licenses and Certifications:

• Registered Nurse (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or
• Nursing Temporary Practice Permit (Pennsylvania) - Pennsylvania State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or
• Registered Nurse (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required or
• Nursing Temporary Practice Permit (New Jersey) - New Jersey State Licensing Board - upon hire - Required and
• Basic Life Support (BLS) - issued through on organization that requires a hands-on instructor lead psychomotor skills verification (ex. American Heart Association or Red Cross). - upon hire - Required

To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must receive an annual influenza vaccine.

Salary Range: $35.70 - $45.51 Hourly. Salary ranges are shown for full-time jobs. If you're working part-time, your pay will be adjusted accordingly. At CHOP, we are committed to fair and transparent pay practices. Factors such as skills and experience could result in an offer above the salary range noted in this job posting. Click here for more information regarding CHOP's Compensation and Benefits.

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