Clinical Nurse-GI-Med-Surge-Stepdown-9E-Mount Sinai Hospital-FT/Nights

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care to a designated group of patients and their significant others. Care is based on nursing theory and research, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational standards, and incorporates Mount Sinai’s Relationship Centered Care model. The nurse assesses patient needs, applies critical thinking and appropriate clinical skills, collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on care plans, and prioritizes teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and delegation. The role also supports a positive patient experience, quality and safety, efficient unit operations, and ongoing professional development. Charge nurse duties may be assigned.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN), or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) with RN matriculated in a BSN program and expected to graduate 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.
Additional certifications are required for specified units or roles: NRP for Labor and Delivery and NICU; ACLS for the listed emergency, procedural, critical care, telemetry, stepdown, interventional, labor and delivery, endoscopy, and oncology areas; and PALS for the listed emergency, procedural, pediatric, and oncology areas.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care using the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and the nursing process.
Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking and appropriate 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.
Communicate effectively 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.
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, needs, and knowledge; establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
Use evidence-based practices to understand patients’ perceptions of care and initiate service recovery when concerns arise, escalating as needed.
Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and identify or escalate barriers, safety hazards, and opportunities for improvement.
Collaborate on quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
Document nursing practice accurately and thoroughly in accordance with institutional, regulatory, and legal requirements.
Perform charge nurse duties as assigned and coordinate with nursing leadership to maintain appropriate supplies and inventory.
Escalate material or staffing resource deficits and use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources cost-effectively.
Facilitate patient throughput during the shift.
Support colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team, and advance clinical competence through learning and inquiry.
Participate in shared decision-making, specialty practice councils, nursing committees, unit initiatives, and professional organizations.
Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students.
Advance as a clinical leader by acting in charge, facilitating patient throughput, and serving as a unit resource person.