PRN Registered Nurse - Southern Chester County
Company: Penn Medicine
Location: West Chester
Posted on: January 26, 2023
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Job Description:
Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing
the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative
research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine.
Working for this leading academic medical center means
collaboration with top clinical, technical and business
professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone
will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and
reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you
living your life's work?
Summary: Penn Medicine at Home is now offering 2 tracks for RN
employment. This position may be filled at the Clinical Nurse - NCL
or Clinical Nurse II track, depending on degree level and years of
experience.
The Clinical Nurse 2 or Clinical Nurse-NCL is an RN that practices
as a full partner on the health care team and consistently
demonstrates safe practice within the organizational professional
practice model.
The Clinical Nurse 2 or Clinical Nurse-NCL possesses the knowledge,
skills and the attitude to effectively meet standards for competent
professional nursing practice as specified in the Clinical Nurse 2
position description addendum
The Clinical Nurse 2 or Clinical Nurse-NCL exhibits UPHS
organizational behavioral competencies which reflect its mission
and are embedded in the professional practice competency
domains.
The Clinical Nurse 2 or Clinical Nurse-NCL independently provides
patient care through the application of the nursing process and
accepts accountability for the nursing care of assigned patients.
Assigned patients may range in age from infancy to the elderly.
The Clinical Nurse 2 or Clinical Nurse-NCL demonstrates within the
competency domains of Continuous Quality Improvement, Evidence
Based Practice and Research, Leadership, Person and Family Centered
Care, Professionalism, Safety, Technology/Informatics, and
Teamwork
The Clinical Nurse 2 or Clinical Nurse-NCL works closely with the
interprofessional health care team to facilitate the coordination
of care across the continuum. The nurse focuses on expanding the
knowledge and skills necessary to provide individualized care based
on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age
appropriate considerations of assigned patients.
The Clinical Nurse 2 or Clinical Nurse-NCL seeks feedback in
assuming leadership roles and provides feedback for improved
clinical practice. The nurse demonstrates how nursing practice
impacts the organizational vision, mission, and goals and the care
delivery system. The nurse complies with all regulations and
standards of regulatory and accrediting bodies.
Responsibilities:
Professional Practice Competency Domains Definitions
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): The nurse utilizes data and
QI methods to identify potential and actual problems and
opportunities to provide care that is safe, timely, efficient,
effective, and equitable.
Evidence Based Practice and Research: The nurse evaluates and
integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and
patient and family preferences and values for the delivery of
optimal health care and system effectiveness.
Leadership: The nurse effectively collaborates and applies
innovative, systems thinking to engage in systematic,
evidence-based problem solving and decision making to promote
effective changes within a complex care delivery system supporting
the vision of Penn Medicine.
Person and Family Centered Care: The nurse recognizes the patient
(or the patient's designee) as the source of control and a full
partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on
respect for the patient's preferences, values, and needs.
Professionalism: The nurse demonstrates a commitment to the nursing
profession through lifelong learning, adherence to ANA's Code of
Ethics for Nurses, participation in a professional organization and
advancing community outreach.
Safety: The nurse minimizes risk of harm to patients, families,
providers and self through system effectiveness and individual
performance.
Technology/Informatics: The nurse utilizes appropriate information
and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error,
and support decision making across the continuum.
Teamwork: The nurse effectively engages in the process of
cooperation, coordination, and collaboration in an effort to
provide for safe, quality outcomes for patients within inter and
intra-professional teams, including virtual teams.
Minimum Requirements for Clinical Nurse-NCL track:
Diploma or Associate Degree in Nursing (ASN) from an accredited
school of nursing
3+ years of relevant professional nursing experience
Pennsylvania (or New Jersey) RN licensure
BLS/CPR as a healthcare provider, as per the American Heart
Association
Have a car, valid driver's license, and car insurance
Minimum Requirements for Clinical Nurse 2 track:
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) from an accredited school of
nursing
15+ months of relevant professional nursing experience
Pennsylvania (or New Jersey) RN licensure
BLS/CPR as a healthcare provider, as per the American Heart
Association
Have a car, valid driver's license, and car insurance
We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best
care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our
employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive
compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest
prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine
employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission.
Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people
live longer, healthier lives.
Live Your Life's Work
We are an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer.
Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race,
ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,
religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital
status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual
violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status
as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable
law.
Keywords: Penn Medicine, Wilmington , PRN Registered Nurse - Southern Chester County, Healthcare , West Chester, Delaware
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