Clinical Nurse - HUP Gift ICU- Part-Time, Night Shift

Position: Clinical Nurse 2- HUP Gift of Life ICU- Part-Time, Night Shift
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Summary:

The HUP Gift of Life ICU is looking for an experienced RN to join the team! The schedule will be two 12 hour shifts per week (7p-7a) with 4 weekend shifts per six week pay period (Saturday or Sunday).

Gift of Life Donor Program ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..donors
1.org/)  and Penn Medicine have opened the Gift of Life Donor Care Center at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). As the first intensive care unit in the Northeast U.S. exclusively dedicated for deceased organ donors, the Center is staffed by top clinical experts with access to advanced medicine, tools, and technology that will maximize the impact of each donor's life-saving gifts.

Located within HUP, the Donor Care Center will be open 24/7 365 days a year for deceased donors who meet specific clinical criteria, and with their family's support, to be transferred from hospitals across Gift of Life's region, which spans the eastern half of Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware. The Center is focused on the timely evaluation, allocation, and recovery of precious organs to increase opportunities for successful transplants.

The specialized, first-of-its-kind space in this area also benefits the region's health care systems, creating capacity specifically to help hospitals to best allocate ICU and OR spaces for patients.

+ The Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague 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 Colleague 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 Colleague exhibits UPHS organizational behavioral competencies which reflect its mission and are embedded in the professional practice competency domains.  The Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague 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 Colleague 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 (Definitions listed below).  The Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague 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 Colleague 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…