Clinical Nurse-Med-Surge-SpineCenter-8C-Mount Sinai Hospital-PT/Nights

Mount Sinai Health System • New York, NY

15h • Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care to an assigned group of patients and their significant others, using nursing theory and research. The nurse delivers care through Mount Sinai’s Relationship Centered Care practice model and the nursing process, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. The role includes patient and caregiver education, effective communication, purposeful rounding, thorough documentation, and support for safe, efficient patient flow. The nurse may perform charge nurse duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN); alternatively, an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) RN matriculated in a BSN program with graduation expected within the year. An ADN 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 from the American Heart Association.
• Additional certifications are required for specified departments: NRP for Labor and Delivery or NICU; ACLS for the listed emergency, perioperative, critical care, telemetry, step-down, procedural, labor and delivery, endoscopy, and adult oncology areas; PALS for the listed emergency, perioperative, endoscopy, interventional radiology, pediatric ICU, and pediatric oncology areas.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care principles, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, research, and approved organizational nursing standards.
• Assess and evaluate patient care needs and use critical thinking in managing care.
• Apply relevant assessment and intervention skills in 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, while considering readiness to learn.
• Communicate effectively and professionally 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, HELP, AM/PM care, 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 patient perceptions of care and support staff in doing so.
• Initiate service recovery for patient or family concerns and escalate issues to nursing leadership 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, safety hazards, and improvement opportunities.
• Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to quality and safety in the patient population served.
• Implement process improvement strategies based on institutional and evidence-based standards and procedures.
• Participate in formal and informal peer and institutional review processes and collaborate on quality improvement, evidence-based practice, and nursing research activities.
• Contribute to quality, safety, and compliance measures and apply high-reliability principles to help avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Document nursing practice using institutional information technology to support quality and performance improvement.
• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate with nursing leadership to ensure appropriate supply utilization and sufficient inventory; escalate material or staffing deficits.
• Use equipment, staffing, 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.
• Facilitate patient throughput during the shift.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level