PRN Weekend Resource Team Nurse Hospital Registered Nurse

Position: PRN Weekend Resource Team Nurse Hospital at Home Registered Nurse
Location: Bala Cynwyd

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?

Join Penn Medicine's Hospital at Home Team!

Penn Medicine is redefining inpatient care through our innovative

Hospital at Home Program, and we're seeking experienced RNswithacute care or ICU expertise to be part of this transformation. In this unique role, you'll deliver high-acuity care in the comfort of patients' homes, blending clinical excellence with meaningful, personalized connections. Patients are located within 30 minutes of HUP & PPMC Penn Hospitals!

What We Offer:

• Weekend opportunity with flex shifts
  - Day or Overnight!
• The opportunity to pioneer a new model of care
• A chance to make a real impact on patient experience and outcomes

If you're passionate about advancing healthcare and want to be part of something groundbreaking,apply today and help us bring hospital-level care home.

Click the link A PATH to hospital at home | Penn Medicine to learn more!

Responsibilities:

• The Hospital at Home (H@H) Resource Nurse competencies and accountabilities are consistent with the Clinical Level II Nurse.
• The H@H Resource Nurse 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.
• Additionally, the H@H Resource Nurse is a flexible staffing resource that must be able to visit patients in various geographic areas as determined by agency contracts including but not limited to, Hospital at Home, Penn Home Infusion, and Home Health when needed. Initial assignments will be in geographic areas roughly 30 minutes of travel distance from Penn Medicine Hospitals.
• Hospital @ Home Essential Functions Utilizes monitoring, assessment, planning, intervention and critical thinking skills to care for acute care patient populations in the home.
• Ensures all interventions are implemented efficiently with a patient-centered approach. Leverages the resources and expertise of the interdisciplinary care team and our supplier partners to implement collaborative workflows, standards, policies, protocols, guidelines and documentation systems to support safe, reliable, high-quality, evidence-based care with clinical protocols as the foundation.
• H@H In-Home Nursing:
  Conducts home visits per schedule defined by nursing care plan (at lease 2/24 hours per patient) and in response to urgent need (within 30 minutes).
• Maintains contact with the Command Center during a visit, participates in video visits, and confirms plan with the Command Center. Conducts initial and ongoing home and patient safety assessments, provides intervention should the home environment change or pose a safety risk for patients or staff.
• Documents all assessment findings, interventions and response to interventions in the inpatient EMR (Epic
  - Penn Chart).
• Resource Nursing:
  Conducts home visits for Penn Home Infusion Team and Penn Medicine Home Health when operationally appropriate to fill in for vacancies or other operational needs.
• Documents all assessment findings, interventions, and response to interventions in outpatient EMR (Epic
  - Remote Client) Virtual Nursing (When applicable):
  There may be times when Resource RN may flex into the Virtual Nurse Role. The Virtual Nurse assesses patient and develops/maintains the nursing plan of care in alignment with the medical plan of care.
• Monitors patients using remote monitoring tools and dashboard.
• Responds to alerts, communicates directly with patients to resolve alerts.
• Provides assessment, intervention and evaluation per nursing care plan carried out through virtual visits using video or audio communication.
• Ensure patient communication regarding daily schedule and plan of care.
• Documents all assessment findings, interventions and response to interventions in the inpatient EMR (Epic
  - Penn Chart).
• The Hospital @ Home Resource Nurse 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 Hospital @ Home Resource Nurse exhibits UPHS organizational behavioral competencies which reflect its mission and are embedded in the professional practice competency domains.
• The Hospital @ Home Resource Nurse 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 Hospital @ Home Resource Nurse demonstrates within the…