An experienced and highly skilled clinician. Utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to patient care service delivery across the continuum of care. Manages care and implements treatment plans at a highly developed skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians and other members of the health care team. Exhibits leadership characteristics consistently and autonomously. Is learning to negotiate the health care system to maximize the delivery of quality care and to minimize cost of patient care services. Relationship Based Care reflects the influence of the nurse’s relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience. Relationship with Self and Colleagues Self: Demonstrates care of self through practices that support personal well-being, personal safety and injury prevention. Colleague: Supports healthy work environment by demonstrating respectful verbal and non-verbal communication with all team members. (Do not gossip or engage in gossip. Share criticism constructively and privately. Resolve differences 1:1.). Seeks assistance for help with challenging communication. Addresses behavior that does not support respectful environment. Relationship Based Care: reflects the influence of the nurse’s relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience. Relationship with Patients and Families Delivers culturally sensitive care using resources to meet unique needs of the patient and family and serves as a resource for others. Recognizes situations in which personal bias may influence action. Includes the patient/family in the goal setting/planning/implementation and delivery of care. Assesses impact of family dynamics. Coaches others in strategies for patient/family inclusion. Provides education based on unique learning needs assessment (values, beliefs, barriers, readiness). Uses teach-back to determine effectiveness and modifies strategies as needed. Serves as resource to others for patients/families with challenging learning needs. Expert Caring encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care. Uses evidenced based clinical assessment techniques, instruments, tools, available data, information and knowledge relevant to the situation to identify patterns and trends, which influence practice responses. Serves as a resource and coaches others to develop assessment skills. Identifies ethical situations and initiates resources as appropriate to address. Recognizes situations in which personal bias may influence action. Plans, coordinates and prioritizes patient care activities considering patients' unique needs in collaboration with inter-professional team including consult recommendations. Practices according to skill level and work complexity, with accuracy and confidence. Demonstrates flexibility in time management to manage changing priorities. Coaches and supports others to plan, coordinate and prioritize. Delegates appropriately (insert link to ANA language for delegation) and respectfully, coaching others to optimize delegation. Maintains safety and continuity of care by role modeling and coaching use of methods such as documentation, hand-off tools/processes, etc. Empowered Leaders demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance. Actively participates (attends meetings, reviews minutes and provides constructive feedback, helps with pre-work or follow up work) in shared governance at the local and/or regional level and leads or coaches colleagues’ participation at local and/or regional level. Coaches others in understanding of PNSO structure. Lifelong Learners encompasses professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities and recognizes the value of external professional organizations. Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable. Coaches others in understanding of local and organizational professional development goals for BSN and professional certification Holds BSN degree. Has achieved and maintains national specialty certification. Maintains membership in an external professional healthcare organization. Seeks internal and external experiences, opportunities, and/or mentorship to develop skills & advance knowledge, abilities, in clinical practice or performance improvement. Shares educational findings, experiences, and ideas with peers through shared governance meetings, presentations and other appropriate venues. Coaches/support others in continuing education participation Precepts (as applicable) nurses and team members. Promotes welcoming environment and supports assimilation. Identifies learning needs in collaboration with orientee. Develops, implements, and evaluates teaching plan. Communicates with manager and documents validated skills and developmental goals. Role models and serves as mentor for preceptors. Identifies challenging orientees and collaboratively develops interventions. Quality Achievement includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work. Adheres to nursing documentation guidelines and serves as a resource to others in use of EMR. Identifies opportunities for system improvement and communicates them via appropriate channels. Identifies practice gaps in (local area) Assesses, identifies and reports patient safety concerns using appropriate resources. Addresses immediate safety concerns. Coaches others in understanding of area and organization quality metrics/outcomes and improvement activities. Actively engages in discussion, activities related to area goals and identifies personal role in achieving outcomes. Participates in problem solving activities. Incorporates evidence-based standard work into practice, participates in validating adherence to standard work. Provides feedback and uses findings to assess area trends Innovation is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research. Demonstrates competent use of technology in the delivery of patient care and serves as resource and provides trouble shooting support to others Uses technology for patient-care related use only Demonstrates knowledge of evidence-based clinical resources and coaches others to find and employ resources. Identifies needs for additional resources. Actively engages with area nursing research at UVA (as applicable). Demonstrates openness to change by actively seeking knowledge and information needed to adopt change. Uses positive communication and role modeling to promote understanding of change to colleagues. Position Compensation Range: $35.81 - $59.08 Hourly MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS Education: Bachelor's of Science in Nursing. Experience: Two year of relevant experience. Licensure: Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification. PHYSICAL DEMANDS Job requires standing for prolonged periods, frequently bending/stooping, reaching (overhead, extensive, and repetitive); Repetitive motion: computer keyboard. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills; Attention to detail and ability to write legibly; Ability to lift/push/pull 50 - 100lbs. May be exposed to noise, radiation, radioactive materials, blood/body fluids and infectious disease. 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