Clinical Nurse-Med-Surge-Stepdown-10W-Mount Sinai Hospital-FT/Nights

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The 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. The role delivers patient-centered care using the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and Mount Sinai’s Relationship Centered Care model. The nurse assesses patient needs, coordinates care with the interdisciplinary team, educates patients and caregivers, and contributes to quality, safety, operational effectiveness, and professional development.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN), or an ADN-prepared RN matriculated in a BSN program with a graduation date within the year. An ADN-prepared RN with nursing experience requires CNO approval.
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 (BCLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

The posting identifies ACLS, PALS, and NRP certifications for specified departments or specialties; applicability depends on the assigned unit.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care using 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 skills in patient care management.
Integrate appropriate assessment and intervention skills into nursing care.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
Prioritize patient care, including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and appropriate delegation.
Educate patients and caregivers about care plans, transitions of care, health promotion, and disease prevention, considering readiness to learn.
Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and interdisciplinary team members.
Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing Care Delivery Model and use material resources effectively.
Model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care practices, including admission welcomes, bedside shift reports, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and MD/RN collaboration.
Consider patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in all aspects of care; establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
Use evidence-based practices to understand patients’ perceptions of care and initiate service recovery, escalating concerns when needed.
Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening; conduct purposeful hourly rounding addressing the 4 Ps.
Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, improvement opportunities, safety hazards, and gaps from best practice.
Apply clinical skills and knowledge, process-improvement strategies, and high-reliability principles to support quality and safety.
Participate in peer and institutional review, quality-improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, nursing research, and required compliance measures.
Document nursing practice using institutional information technology to support quality and performance improvement.
Perform charge nurse duties when assigned and coordinate supply use and inventory with nursing leadership.
Escalate shortages in material or staffing resources and use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused, cost-effective manner.
Maintain accurate and thorough documentation in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
Facilitate patient throughput on a shift basis.
Contribute to a supportive environment of care for colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team.
Advance clinical competence and acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the role, patient population, specialty, and community needs.
Model professional conduct and incorporate ethical principles into decision-making for patients and families.
Promote scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation; participate in shared decision-making through councils, committees, and unit initiatives.
Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students; advance as a clinical leader through charge, throughput, and resource roles.
Articulate the value and application of research and evidence-based practice, and contribute to nursing through professional organizations.