Clinical Nurse Weekend

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Good Shepherd Rehabilitation is looking for a Clinical Nurse Weekend Colleague to join their team in Philadelphia. You will independently provide patient care and collaborate closely with the interprofessional health care team. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in nursing and Pennsylvania RN licensure, alongside more than 15 months of relevant nursing experience. The role emphasizes leadership, patient-centered care, and continual professional development. BLS/CPR certification is also necessary.

Qualifications

• More than 15 months relevant professional nursing experience and completion of the Nurse Residency Program, if applicable.
• Pennsylvania RN licensure required.
• BLS/CPR certification as a healthcare provider per the American Heart Association required.

Responsibilities

• Independently provide patient care through the application of the nursing process.
• Work closely with the interprofessional health care team to facilitate the coordination of care.
• Demonstrate commitment to the nursing profession through lifelong learning.

Skills

Patient care

Leadership

Continuous Quality Improvement

Evidence Based Practice

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Job description

Overview

The Clinical Nurse Weekend 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 Weekend Colleague possesses the knowledge, skills and the attitude to effectively meet standards for competent professional nursing practice as specified in the Clinical Nurse Weekend position description addendum.

The Clinical Nurse Weekend Colleague exhibits UPHS organizational behavioral competencies which reflect its mission and are embedded in the professional practice competency domains.

The Clinical Nurse Weekend 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 Weekend 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 Weekend 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 Weekend 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.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

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 preferences and values for the delivery of optimal health care and system effectiveness.
• Leadership: The nurse effectively collaborates and applies innovative, systems thinking to engage in systematic, evidence-based problem solving and decision making to promote effective changes within a complex care delivery system supporting the vision of Penn Medicine.
• Person and Family Centered Care: The nurse recognizes the patient or the patient’s designee as the source of control and a full partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
• Professionalism: The nurse demonstrates a commitment to the nursing profession through lifelong learning, adherence to ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses, participation in a professional organization and advancing community outreach.
• Safety: The nurse minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers and self through system effectiveness and individual performance.
• Technology/Informatics: The nurse utilizes appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making across the continuum.
• Teamwork: The nurse effectively engages in the process of cooperation, coordination, and collaboration in an effort to provide for safe, quality outcomes for patients within inter and intra-professional teams, including virtual teams.

Performs duties in accordance with Penn Medicine and entity values, polices, and procedures.

Other duties as assigned to support the unit, department, entity, and health system organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required

Work Experience

• More than 15 months relevant professional nursing experience and completion of the Nurse Residency Program, if applicable

Licenses / Certifications

• Pennsylvania RN licensure required
• BLS/CPR as a healthcare provider per the American Heart Association required