Per Diem – Day – Clinical Nurse – Renal Treatment Center – Mount Sinai Hospital – 12:30PM – 10:30PM

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

18h•$86 - $86•Onsite

About The Position

The (Per Diem) Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others. This role is in the Renal Treatment Center at Mount Sinai Hospital, with a listed schedule of 12:30 PM to 10:30 PM. The nurse delivers patient-centered care using the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and organizational standards; assesses patient needs; collaborates with the interdisciplinary team; educates patients and caregivers; and documents care accurately. The role also supports a positive patient experience, quality and safety initiatives, efficient operations, and ongoing professional development.

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 by the CNO.
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 (AHA).
ACLS certification is required for the listed specialty areas: ED, PACU/ASU, ICUs, Telemetry Units, SDU, IR, Interventional Cardiology (CCL/EP/Echo), L&D, Endoscopy, and APN Adult Oncology.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care according to the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational standards.
Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking and relevant 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, planning for care after hospitalization, and appropriate delegation.
Educate patients and caregivers about care plans, transitions of care, health promotion, and disease prevention.
Communicate professionally and effectively with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary patient 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, HELP, AM/PM care, five-minute sit-downs, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and MD/RN unit collaboration.
Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, and use evidence-based practices to understand patients’ perceptions of care.
Initiate service recovery and escalate patient or family concerns to the appropriate nursing manager or Patient Relations.
Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening; support evidence-based practices that improve understanding of patient perceptions of care.
Conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding on assigned patients, addressing the 4 Ps.
Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, improvement opportunities, safety hazards, and gaps from best practices.
Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to quality and safety for the patient population served.
Implement process improvement strategies based on institutional and evidence-based procedures, and participate in peer and institutional review processes.
Collaborate on quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
Contribute to quality, safety, and compliance practices; apply high-reliability principles to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors.
Document nursing practice using institutional information technology to support quality and performance improvement initiatives.
Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
Coordinate supply use and inventory with nursing leadership, escalate material or staffing deficits, and use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused and cost-effective manner.
Document accurately and thoroughly in accordance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
Support the care environment for clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members; advance clinical competence and maintain a professional image.
Incorporate ethical principles into decision-making and encourage scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the role, patient population, clinical specialty, and community health needs.
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, and advance clinical leadership through charge duties, patient throughput facilitation, and serving as a unit resource.
Articulate the value and application of research and evidence-based practice, and contribute to nursing through participation in professional organizations.