Registered NURSE Emergency Department-Milford Campus

Overview

Join to apply for the REGISTERED NURSE Emergency Department-Milford Campus role at Smilow Cancer Hospital
. To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values—integrity, patient-centered care, respect, accountability, and compassion—must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

At Smilow Cancer Hospital we are committed to providing quality medical care and treatment that is coordinated, patient-centered, and focused on promoting access, continuous, comprehensive care. As a member of the Yale New Haven Health System, the Registered Professional Nurse (RN) upholds the mission, vision, and values of the system and practices within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act and national nursing standards.

The RN provides care that establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with patients and families, collaborates effectively with the healthcare team, and ensures quality outcomes.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

• Standards of Practice:
  Apply the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice (2015) to deliver competent nursing care through assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Coordinate care transitions and employ health teaching and promotion strategies.
• Standards of Professional Performance:
  Engage in professional role activities—ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice, research, quality of practice, professional practice evaluation, resource utilization, and environmental health. Lead within the professional practice setting and the profession, and contribute to quality nursing practice.

• Education:
  
  Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred. Current BCLS certification required or obtained within one month of hire.
• Experience:
  
  Registered Nurse foundational role. All RNs encouraged to advance through the SPIRE clinical advancement program.
• License:
  Licensed and a currently registered nurse in the State of Connecticut. Clinical specialty certification highly encouraged.
• Special
  
  Skills:
  
  Clinical advancement encouraged; additional specialty certifications may be beneficial.
• Physical Demand:
  Requires prolonged standing, walking, use of sight, hearing, and touch. May be exposed to infectious diseases and end-of-life conditions. Must assist in pushing, pulling, and lifting patients ranging from five (5) to three hundred (300) pounds.
• Additional Information:
  Emergency RN experience preferred.

THIS POSITION IS COVERED BY THE CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT. YNHHS Requisition