Registered Nurse - Rheumatology

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Day (United States of America)

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A Brief Overview

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is seeking a Registered Nurse for their outpatient Rheumatology department.

As a Pediatric Rheumatology nurse in one of the largest Rheumatology divisions in the country, you will provide health care to patients diagnosed with conditions such as juvenile idiopathic arthritis, lupus, dermatomyositis, vasculitis, and amplified musculoskeletal pain.

You will assess and track the symptoms of each patient and help Rheumatology physicians provide treatment. Your responsibilities include educating patients about the ways they can manage their symptoms and collaborate with physicians, social work, research and other team members, as you outline treatment plans for patients and communicate with parents and caregivers. Tasks also include injection teaching, helping with injections/procedures, and collaborating with the team to improve our practice as we aim to achieve improved outcomes.

Preferred experience with pediatrics, team collaboration and/or patient education.

The shift will be dependent upon the operational need.

A clinically competent practitioner of pediatric, family centered nursing. Provides safe nursing care to the general division population with minimal guidance, and bases practice on identified principles and standards of care. Responsible for day-to-day patient care, assessment and treatment in an outpatient office and comply with the administrative policies and clinical protocols as outlined in policy and procedure manual. Administratively responsible to the Site Manager and Ambulatory Nursing Director for nursing practice issues.

What you will do

• Practice
• Follows Nursing Process to deliver safe care: assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
• Synthesizes patient assessment data and recognizes complex situations prior to communicating with care team.
• Collaborates with family, team members and other caregivers to initiate/update plan of care, patient/family education.
• Manages care of complex patients utilizing proper prioritization and delegation to appropriate staff.
• Identifies expected outcomes and revises plan of care when unexpected outcomes arise and begins to use full range of communication as a means of conveying plan.
• Documentation reflects ongoing evaluation and effectiveness of patient care utilizing current standards, policies and procedures.
• Provides care that meets professional standards of practice and meets regulatory requirements.
• Professionalism/Leadership
• Role models appearance and behaviors that promote a positive image of nursing
• Interacts with parents/patients and colleagues with respect and dignity while focusing on ideas to improve on the ideal patient experience.
• Spends the “extra time” with families listening for avenues to improve on the ideal patient experience.
• Understands the impact of arriving to work on time and predicts challenges and obstacles.
• Provides an accurate patient status report to members of the team that reflect nursing interventions and patient outcomes.
• Actively collaborates with other clinical staff to make recommendations on the plan of care.
• Chairs and/or participates in Specialty Care Shared Governance council(s).
• Research
• Reads nursing articles, analyzes information and initiates staff discussion(s).
• Assists with data collection in research studies being conducted in work area.
• Participates in efforts to apply research findings to clinical practice.
• Can frame a basic research question.
• Learning
• Able to identify own learning needs. Seeks out opportunities to meet needs and attends all required programs.
• Applies education and training from internal in-services to daily work to enhance personal nursing