RN

RN - Float Pool at Yale New Haven Health summary:

The RN - Float Pool provides comprehensive nursing care by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care on various hospital units. This role involves supervising nursing staff, functioning as a charge nurse, and collaborating with healthcare teams to ensure high-quality patient outcomes. The nurse also educates patients and families, supports new staff as a preceptor, and adapts to different unit needs to maintain smooth department operations.

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.

Works under the supervision of the Nurse Manager/Clinical Coordinator. The Registered Nurse (RN) assesses, plans, implements, evaluates and supervises individual patient care on a nursing unit/department according to unit policies and procedures. Provides supervision of non-RN personnel on the assigned unit. When assuming the charge role, delegates and supervises unit activities. May be requires to work on other nursing units according to distribution of staff and patients. Performs other duties as assigned or requested in order to maintain a high level of service.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

• 1. Assesses the patient's physical and psychosocial condition on an ongoing basis throughout the continuum of care.
• 2. Develops, communicates and documents a plan of care reflecting individualized patient problems and interventions to achieve desired outcomes, involving the patient, family and healthcare team in this process.
• 3. Implements and coordinates this plan of care in collaboration with the healthcare team.
• 4. Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care, patient's response to care, and readiness for discharge. Revises the plan of care as needed and makes referrals where indicated.
• 5. Plans for education after assessing the individual learning needs and readiness of the patient and family. Provides educational opportunities and documents outcomes.
• 6. Functions as a preceptor to new staff.
• 7. Functions as a charge nurse.
• 8. Meets performance expectations for Customer Service, Teamwork, Resource Utilization, and Staff and Self Development as outlined in performance review.
• 9. Performs other duties as assigned or directed to ensure smooth operation of the department/unit.
• 10. Unit Specific Responsibilities

EDUCATION

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN Preferred. Proficient in use of computer software to include electronic patient records. Must have ability to use internet for literature searches regarding care for patients.

LICENSURE

Valid State of Connecticut Registered Nurse license

SPECIAL SKILLS

• BLS required
• YNHHS Requisition ID
• 161950

Keywords:

registered nurse, patient care, nursing supervision, charge nurse, healthcare team, care planning, patient education, clinical coordination, float pool nursing, hospital nursing