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

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

5d•Onsite

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 grounded in nursing theory, research, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational nursing standards, and reflects Mount Sinai’s Relationship Centered Care model and Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model. The nurse assesses and manages patient care needs, collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, provides patient and caregiver education, and supports safe transitions of care. The role also includes patient-experience practices, quality and safety activities, operational responsibilities, 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 current matriculation in a BSN program and an expected graduation date within one year. ADN nurses with nursing experience require 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.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care using the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and the nursing process, informed by theory, research, evidence-based practice, and organizational standards.
Assess and evaluate patient care 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, including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and appropriate delegation.
Educate patients and caregivers about plans of care, care transitions, health promotion, and disease prevention, while considering their needs and readiness to learn.
Communicate professionally and 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 welcomes, bedside shift reports, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and unit 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, initiate service recovery when concerns arise, and escalate concerns as needed.
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 practice.
Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the patient population and contribute to quality improvement, evidence-based practice, nursing research, and compliance activities.
Document nursing practice accurately and thoroughly in institutional information technology systems and in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements.
Perform charge nurse duties as assigned; coordinate supply use and inventory needs, and escalate staffing or material resource deficits.
Use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused and cost-effective manner; facilitate patient throughput during the shift.
Support colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team; advance clinical competence and maintain a professional, compassionate approach.
Apply ethical principles in decision-making and promote 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 act as a clinical resource and leader as appropriate.
Articulate the value of research and evidence-based practice and contribute to the nursing profession through participation in professional organizations.