Yale New Haven Health·Bridgeport, Connecticut
The RN provides comprehensive psychiatric care by utilizing the nursing process to assess, diagnose, and implement individualized care plans. They are responsible for maintaining therapeutic relationships and collaborating with the healthcare team to ensure quality patient outcomes.
To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the YNHHS Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.
At Bridgeport Hospital, we are committed to providing quality medical care and treatment that is coordinated and centered on the patient's specific needs. We strive to achieve benchmarks as a Patient Centered Medical Home and provide health care in a setting where patients are at the center of their care team. All employees of Bridgeport Hospital are part of the patients care team and contribute to the team approach of promoting access, continuous, comprehensive care and work to provide quality improvement in the care provided to their patients.
As an integral member of the Yale New Haven Health System (YNHHS) healthcare team, the Registered Professional Nurse (RN) upholds the YNHHS mission, vision, values and strategic initiatives to provide the highest level of patient centered care. The RN practices professional nursing as a registered nurse within the legal and ethical framework established by the Connecticut Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Scope and Standards for Nursing Practice, ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and the YNHHS Professional Practice Model. The professional role of the RN is exemplified by the qualities of leadership, delegation, collaboration, effective communication, ensuring quality outcomes. YNHHS nurses practice in a framework outlined in our professional practice model, which states, "Achieving outcomes through Autonomy and Accountability". We value Nursing Professional Governance, and use evidence and data to support our practice with the patient and family at the center, always. The RN provides care that:
Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family encompasses an understanding and integration of cultural and diversity into practice
Includes communicating and working collaboratively with the patient, family and health care team members
Includes respecting the patient's values, preferences, expressed needs and knowledge of the healthcare situation in holistic data collection, in formulating health care outcomes and in the evaluation process.
1. STANDARDS OF PRACTICE RN practice is guided by the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice (2015). The Standards of Practice describe a competent level of nursing care as demonstrated by utilizing the nursing process components of assessment, diagnosis, outcomes identification, planning, implementation and evaluation.
The registered nurse collects pertinent data and information relative to the healthcare consumer's health or situation
Diagnosis: The RN analyzes the assessment data to determine the actual and potential diagnoses or the issues.
Outcomes
Identification: The RN identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the healthcare consumer or the situation.
The RN develops and modifies a plan of care that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
The RN evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes. 2. STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE The ANA Standards of Professional Performance (2015) describe a competent level of behavior in the professional role, including activities related to: ethics, culturally congruent practice, communication, collaboration, leadership, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality of practice professional practice evaluation, resource utilization and environmental health. The RN is expected to engage in professional role activities, including leadership, appropriate to their education and position. The RN is accountable to for their professional actions to themselves, their healthcare consumers, their peers and ultimately to society.
The RN leads within the professional practice setting and the profession.
Psychiatry experience preferred.
YNHHS Requisition ID: 185902
Candidates must be a registered nurse licensed in the State of Connecticut and have graduated from an accredited school of nursing. BSN and psychiatry experience are preferred, and BCLS certification is required within one month of hire.
Market context
Connecticut employers commonly seek registered nurses for adult psychiatry settings, and licensed RNs with behavioral health experience are often competitive. For this role, a Connecticut RN license, accredited nursing education, current BCLS, and psychiatry experience are the key signals, with a BSN preferred. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits on this platform to save time, then confirm your licensure, certification, and psychiatric care experience before applying.