Clinical Coordinator RN - Oncology Office Practice - Mount Sinai Hospital - Per Diem Days

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

9h•$86 - $86•Onsite

About The Position

The (Per Diem) Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care to a designated group of patients and their significant others. The nurse delivers patient-centered care using nursing theory, research, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational standards, while applying critical thinking and collaborating with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to plan, implement, and evaluate care. The role includes patient and caregiver education, effective communication, documentation, resource management, and support for a positive patient experience. The nurse contributes to quality and safety initiatives, follows institutional processes and compliance requirements, and escalates safety risks or resource deficits through the appropriate chain of command. The role may include charge nurse duties, precepting, participation in shared decision-making and professional committees, and ongoing development of clinical expertise. The position is in an oncology office practice at Mount Sinai Hospital and is per diem, with days indicated in the position title.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN), or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) with matriculation in a BSN program and an expected graduation date within one year.
An ADN-prepared RN with nursing experience requires approval from the Chief Nursing Officer.
Relevant clinical competence in the assigned area of nursing practice; new graduates must have current knowledge of the nursing process and its application.
Current New York State registered nurse license and registration.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Oncology RN experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care consistent with Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and organizational nursing standards.
Assess and evaluate patient needs, apply critical thinking, and use appropriate assessment and intervention skills.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
Prioritize patient care activities, including teaching, rounding, coaching, care planning, and appropriate delegation.
Educate patients and caregivers about care plans, transitions, health promotion, and disease prevention, considering their needs and readiness to learn.
Communicate professionally and effectively with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary care team.
Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model and use material resources effectively.
Model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care practices, including admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and collaboration with physicians and nurses.
Consider patients’ values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs, and knowledge in care delivery.
Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families and use caring, respectful, compassionate, empathetic communication and active listening.
Initiate service recovery when patients or families have concerns and escalate issues to appropriate nursing leaders or Patient Relations as needed.
Conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding on assigned patients, addressing the 4 Ps.
Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, hazards, and opportunities for improvement.
Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the population served and follow institutional processes and evidence-based practices.
Participate in peer and institutional reviews, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
Follow quality, safety, compliance, and high-reliability practices, escalating gaps through the institutional chain of command.
Document nursing practice accurately and thoroughly using institutional information technology and in accordance with hospital, regulatory, legal, and care standards.
Perform charge nurse duties when assigned.
Coordinate supply utilization and inventory needs with nursing leadership, and escalate material or staffing resource deficits.
Use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused and cost-effective manner.
Support colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members in the care environment.
Maintain and advance clinical competence; acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the role, specialty, patient population, and community needs.
Apply ethical principles in decisions affecting patients and families and demonstrate a professional, compassionate, and respectful presence.
Promote scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation for self and others.
Participate in shared decision-making through specialty practice councils, nursing committees, and unit initiatives.
Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students.
Develop clinical leadership by serving in charge roles and as a patient throughput facilitator and unit resource person.
Explain the value and application of research and evidence-based practice in nursing and the care environment.
Contribute to the nursing profession through participation in professional organizations.