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

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

4d•$65 - $65•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 their significant others. The nurse delivers care using the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational standards, while collaborating with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary healthcare team. The role also supports patient experience, quality and safety, unit 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 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 Saver (BCLS) certification issued by the AHA.
ACLS certification for the listed applicable areas, including telemetry units and SDU.

Nice To Haves

No preferred qualifications are specified.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care principles, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and approved nursing standards.
Assess and evaluate patient needs, apply critical thinking, and integrate 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, discharge planning, and appropriate delegation.
Educate patients and caregivers about care plans, transitions of care, health promotion, and disease prevention, accounting for their needs and readiness to learn.
Communicate professionally with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary care team.
Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing Care Delivery Model and use material resources effectively.
Role-model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care practices, including admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, and discharge wrap-up.
Consider patient values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in all aspects of care; establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care and support staff in using those practices.
Initiate service recovery for patient or family concerns and escalate issues as appropriate.
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 knowledge and skills that support quality and safety for the patient population served.
Implement process-improvement strategies and contribute to compliance, peer review, institutional review, quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and nursing research activities.
Use high-reliability principles to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors and support a safe environment.
Document nursing practice using institutional information technology to support quality and performance improvement initiatives.
Perform charge nurse duties as assigned and coordinate supply use and inventory with unit leadership.
Escalate material or staffing resource deficits and use equipment, staffing, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused and cost-effective manner.
Document accurately and thoroughly in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
Facilitate patient throughput on a shift basis.
Support the care environment for clinical colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team; maintain a professional and compassionate presence.
Incorporate ethical principles into decisions for patients and families and promote scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
Develop knowledge and skills relevant to the role, patient population, 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; advance clinical leadership through charge, throughput, and resource roles.
Communicate the value and application of research and evidence-based practice and participate in professional nursing organizations.