Job Title: Clinical Nurse
Profession: RN
Specialty: Radiology
Duration: 9 months
Shift: 11:00 AM - 9:30 PM
Hours per Shift: 10.5
Experience: Minimum of 2 years RN experience required
License: NYS RN License
Certifications: BLS, ACLS, PALS preferred
Must-Have: Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred
Description:
The Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse.
Provides safe, competent quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others.
Delivers patient care by incorporating the tenets of the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care.
Applies the nursing process based upon theory, research, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational nursing standards.
Assesses and evaluates patient care needs.
Applies critical thinking skills in patient care management.
Integrates relevant assessment and intervention skills in the delivery of nursing care.
Collaborates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care.
Prioritizes all aspects of patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, and planning after hospital care.
Educates patients and caregivers about their plan of care, transition of care, promotion of health, and prevention of disease.
Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, families, and all members of the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team.
Manages assignments within the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing.
Demonstrates allocation of material resources effectively.
Models the tenets of Relationship Centered Care.
Considers the patient's values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs, and knowledge in all aspects of care.
Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family.
Uses evidence-based practices to increase understanding of patients' perceptions of care.
Initiates service recovery for patients and family members who have concerns.
Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening through dialogue, body language, and actions.
Supports staff use of evidence-based practices to increase understanding of patients' perceptions of care.
Conducts Purposeful Hourly Rounding on assigned patients.
Practices safe and efficient patient-centered care.
Identifies and escalates barriers and opportunities for improvement.
Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge crucial to quality and safety in the patient population served.
Implements process improvement strategies based on institutional evidence-based practices and procedures.
Engages in formal and informal peer and institutional review processes.
Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to create and implement quality improvement projects.
Contributes to quality and safety practices and required compliance measures.
Implements principles of high reliability to identify and avoid high risk behaviors.
Escalates potential safety hazards or gaps from best practice following institutional chain of command protocol.
Utilizes institutional information technology by documenting nursing practice.
Performs charge nurse duties as assigned.
Coordinates with the Clinical Coordinator/Clinical Nurse Manager to ensure supplies are appropriately utilized and inventory is sufficient for patient care.
Escalates material or staffing resource deficits as needed.
Documents in an accurate and thorough manner in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
Facilitates patient throughput on shift basis.
Contributes to the environment of care to support clinical colleagues and members of the healthcare team.
Advances clinical competence in nursing practice.
Projects a professional image to colleagues.
Incorporates ethical principles into decision making for patient and family.
Encourages and demonstrates a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, life-long learning, and innovation for self and others.
Acquires knowledge and skills relative to the role, patient population, and clinical specialty.
Participates in shared decision making through specialty practice councils and nursing department committees.