Clinical Nurse 1, Inpatient

About the Role

Pennsylvania Hospital is seeking a new graduate, Clinical Nurse 1, to join the 7 Cathcart team. This is a full-time, night shift opportunity on a 60-bed medical-surgical unit that cares for post-operative surgical patients and patients with neurological conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• Provides direct care and education to patients following:
• Upper and lower joint repairs and replacements
• Neurosurgical procedures (e.g., laminectomies, fusions, deep brain stimulator insertions for Parkinson’s Disease patients)
• Bariatric surgery
• Stroke recovery
• Integrates basic safe practice within the organizational professional practice model.
• Seeks guidance to meet standards for competent professional nursing practice.
• Exhibits organizational behavioral competencies.
• Accounts for the provision of direct care to patients ranging in age from infancy to the elderly.
• Focuses on developing knowledge and skills for individualized patient care, considering physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, safety, and age-appropriate factors.
• Consults with experienced clinicians and benefits from feedback.
• Demonstrates how nursing practice impacts the organizational vision, mission, and goals.
• Complies with all regulations and standards of regulatory and accrediting bodies.
• Must complete all Clinical Nurse 1 competencies.
• Expected to advance to Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague level by 18 months of professional practice.

Professional Practice Competency Domains

• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI): Utilizes data and QI methods to identify problems and opportunities for safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable care.
• Evidence Based Practice and Research: Evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences for optimal healthcare delivery.
• Leadership: Collaborates and applies systems thinking for problem-solving and decision-making to promote effective changes within a complex care delivery system.
• Person and Family Centered Care: Recognizes the patient as the source of control and a full partner in compassionate and coordinated care.
• Professionalism: Demonstrates commitment through lifelong learning, adherence to the ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses, professional organization participation, and community outreach.
• Safety: Minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers, and self.
• Teamwork: Engages in cooperation, coordination, and collaboration within inter and intra-professional teams.
• Technology/Informatics: Utilizes appropriate information and technology for communication, knowledge management, error mitigation, and decision support.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
• BLS/CPR, as a healthcare provider (per the American Heart Association)
• Registered Nurse - PA (Required)

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Arts or Science (Required)
• Education Specialization: BSN degree from an accredited school of nursing
• Less than 15 months of experience