Registered Nurse - Hospital at Home

Overview

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, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

As an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) healthcare team, the Registered Professional Nurse (RN) upholds the YNHHS mission, vision, values and strategic initiatives to provide the highest level of patient centered care.

The RN practices professional nursing as a registered nurse within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model.

The professional role of the RN is exemplified by the qualities of leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, ensuring quality outcomes.

YNHHS nurses practice in a framework outlined in our professional practice model, which states, "Achieving outcomes through Autonomy and Accountability".

We value Nursing Professional Governance, and use evidence and data to support our practice with the patient and family at the center, always. The RN provides care that :

• Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family encompasses an understanding and integration of cultural and diversity into practice
• Includes communicating and working collaboratively with the patient, family and health care team members
• Includes respecting the patient's values, preferences, expressed needs and knowledge of the healthcare situation in holistic data collection, in formulating health care outcomes and in the evaluation process.

EEO / AA / Disability / Veteran

Responsibilities

The Mission Control RN is responsible for providing high-quality patient care to various patient populations within the framework of the YNHHS Home Hospital Model and includes the following key elements :

• Utilizing monitoring, assessment, planning, intervention and critical thinking skills to care for acute care patient populations in the home
• Navigating patients and families across the continuum of the YNHHS Home Hospital phases of care
• Monitoring and responding to biometric data per YNHHS Home Hospital protocols
• Conducting home and audio / visual patient care visits as directed by the care team and / or protocol
• Ensuring all interventions in the patient’s care plan are implemented efficiently with a patient centered approach
• Leveraging the resources and expertise of the YNHHS Home Hospital team and 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
• Adhering to the clinical protocols and be willing to obtain the necessary training to provide care within the context of the providing evidence-based care
• Promoting professional practice and a culture of safety; willingness to engage in process improvement efforts

Clinical Roles And Responsibilities

• Providing protocol driven assessment, care coordination and interventions as appropriate informed by YNHHS Home Hospital protocols for diverse patient populations with a focus on oncology, medicine and post- operative care
• Exhibiting sound clinical decision making and critical thinking skills
• Maintain and practice in accordance with nursing guidelines per state and hospital regulations
• Facilitating admissions to YNHHS Home Hospital utilizing our guidelines
• Serving as a role model for professional nursing practice
• Utilizing nursing knowledge to identify, prevent and / or solve complex acute and / or recurring patient care problems
• Sharing expertise with the multidisciplinary team and serve as a resource to staff in area(s) of expertise
• Supporting research efforts to advance knowledge and promote evidence-based practice
• Preforming other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Nursing

Quality And Safety Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with reporting requirements in RL Solutions for Sentinel Events and Serious Incidents
• Participate in quality and safety investigations and root cause analyses
• Take appropriate action to ensure patient safety as a result of any investigation; and
• Serve as a resource in quality improvement processes and technique

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing. BSN preferred. All newly hired registered nurses must have current BCLS certification or must obtain within one month of hire.

Experience

Recent 2 years bedside nursing required. Care Management experience a plus Excellent communications, interpersonal, coordinative, and organizational skills.

ACCOUNTABILITY

Provides nursing care to an individual or group of patients; recognizes changes in patients condition and reports such changes to Physician and / or Patient Services Manager.

Utilizes and manages material resources in a cost effective manner.

In personal and job-related decisions and actions, consistently demonstrates the values of integrity (doing the right thing), patient-centered (putting patients and families first), respect (valuing all people and embracing all differences ), accountability (being responsible and taking action), and compassion (being empathetic).

COMPLEXITY

Plans, develops and implements patient care plans; evaluates the effectiveness of existing patient care; evaluates the effectiveness of existing patient care plan and modifies plan of care to meet patient needs, Please see RCAP CMP for further details.

LICENSE

RN license and a currently registered nurse in the State of Connecticut.

All newly hired Registered Nurses must have current BCLS certification or must obtain within one month of hire.

YNHHS Requisition ID

94854