Clinical Nurse 1, Inpatient
Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System
About the Role
Penn Medicine is a leading academic medical center dedicated to patient care, innovative research, and educating future leaders in medicine.
Summary
The Clinical Nurse 1 New to Practice/Apprentice is a newly licensed RN or an RN with less than 15 months of experience. This role demonstrates basic safe practice within the organizational professional practice model, seeking guidance to integrate knowledge, skills, and attitudes to meet competent professional nursing practice standards. The Clinical Nurse 1 exhibits UPHS organizational behavioral competencies and is accountable for direct patient care across various age groups. The role requires working closely with the interprofessional health care team to coordinate care and focuses on developing skills for individualized care based on patient-specific considerations. Consultation with experienced clinicians and feedback are essential for growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Utilizes data and QI methods to identify problems and opportunities for safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable care.
- Evaluates and integrates best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences for optimal health care.
- Effectively collaborates and applies systems thinking for problem-solving and decision-making to promote effective changes.
- Recognizes the patient as the source of control and a full partner in compassionate and coordinated care.
- Demonstrates commitment to the nursing profession through lifelong learning, adherence to the ANA’s Code of Ethics for Nurses, participation in professional organizations, and advancing community outreach.
- Minimizes risk of harm to patients, families, providers, and self through system effectiveness and individual performance.
- Engages in cooperation, coordination, and collaboration to provide safe, quality outcomes within inter and intra-professional teams.
- Utilizes appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) (Required)
- BLS/CPR, as a healthcare provider (as 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 required
- Must complete all Clinical Nurse 1 competencies and is expected to advance to Clinical Nurse 2 Colleague level by 18 months of professional practice.