Nursing Jobs in Peach Bottom, PA

Registered Nurse (RN) Twin Rose (PRN)

Description 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? Location: Twin Rose Family Medicine Hours: PRN, 8 hours per pay period Summary: Facilitates patient care in an office setting by performing patient assessments, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive functions, through patient provider office visits, nurse visits, and telephone triage. Collaborates with Physician and Advanced Practice Providers APPs to provide patient care and assumes responsibility and accountability as defined by the American Nurses Association standards of nursing practice. Qualified individuals must have the ability with or without reasonable accommodation to perform the following duties: Functions as an independent and interdependent member of the health care team in support of the care needs of the surgical patient population. Performs patient assessments, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive functions, through patient provider office visits, nurse visits, and telephone triage. Collects and manages comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation, and concisely relays medical information to physician or APP. Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues. Formulates age-appropriate and culturally and ethically sensitive plan of care. Reviews and analyzes laboratory and diagnostic results prior to physicians and APPs, uses critical thinking when communicating results with providers and when discussing with patients. Implements care in a knowledgeable manner and coordinates patient care across several disciplines and among caregivers. Provides leadership to other members of the team by effectively communicating expected standards of care and encouraging and supporting team members and their contributions. Demonstrates an understanding of and a commitment to our values of privacy, quality, respect, service and teamwork. Assigns, delegates and intervenes as appropriate to assure that the plan of care is carried out, continuity of care is provided and that established outcomes are achieved through availability and appropriated utilization of human, material and financial resources. Educates patients and family members about healthy practices, treatment modalities, medications, non-invasive and invasive procedures. Facilitates invasive procedure patient education, scheduling and coordination. Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practices. Utilizes technology where appropriate. Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice in the planning and delivery of nursing services. The following duties are considered secondary to the primary duties listed above: Manages rapidly changing situations following established protocols, coordinating and accessing appropriate health team members and resources, and documenting events. Participates in process improvement activities with an emphasis on increasing continuity in the nurse to patient relationship, minimizing rework and redundancies; constantly seeks ways to improve processes, increase efficiency, finds solutions to current situations or develops new methods and procedures. Completes mandatory education and training that includes review of age-specific needs, caring behaviors, and interpersonal skills as relevant to the care of the surgical patient population. Maintains a safe working environment through compliance with established evidence-based practice policies and procedures and timely reporting of safety variances. Seeks experiences and formal and independent learning activities to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge. Provides supervision, including guidance, counseling and mentoring, to targeted peers and subordinates to enhance the learning experiences and improve the professional practice environment within the designated work setting. Participates in the on-call responsibilities for this position as required. Other duties as assigned. Minimum Required Qualifications: RN licensure, issued by the PA Board of Nursing CPR Certification - American Heart Association AHA Basic Life Support, formerly Healthcare Provider AHA Heart Saver courses for CPR are not accepted Bachelor of Science in Nursing We believe that the best care for our patients starts with the best care for our employees. Our employee benefits programs help our employees get healthy and stay healthy. We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits program that includes one of the finest prepaid tuition assistance programs in the region. Penn Medicine employees are actively engaged and committed to our mission. Together we will continue to make medical advances that help people live longer, healthier lives. Live Your Life's Work We are an Equal Opportunity employer. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, familial status, genetic information, domestic or sexual violence victim status, citizenship status, military status, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable law.