Clinical Nurse-Med-Surge-GI-Stepdown-10E-Mount Sinai Hospital-FT/Days

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

2d•$65 - $65•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 significant others, using nursing theory, research, evidence-based practice, and organizational nursing standards. This position is for the Med-Surge-GI-Stepdown 10E unit at Mount Sinai Hospital and is full-time on days. The nurse works within the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing, collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to manage patient care, support patient experience, maintain safety and quality, and contribute to unit operations and professional development.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN); alternatively, an ADN RN matriculated in a BSN program with graduation expected within a 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.
ACLS certification for the specified areas, including telemetry and stepdown units, among others.

Nice To Haves

NRP certification for Labor and Delivery or NICU departments.
PALS certification for the specified departments, including the Emergency Department, PACU, Endoscopy, IR, Pediatric ICU, and pediatric oncology APNs.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care using the nursing process, nursing theory, research, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational standards.
Assess and evaluate patient care needs, apply critical thinking, and integrate 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 plans and transitions of care, health promotion, and disease prevention, while considering their needs and readiness to learn.
Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary patient care team.
Manage assignments within Modified Primary Nursing 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 physician/nurse collaboration.
Consider patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge in all aspects of care; establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
Use evidence-based practices to understand patients’ perceptions of care and initiate service recovery, escalating concerns when appropriate.
Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, active listening, and 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, institutional processes, evidence-based procedures, 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 compliance measures.
Document nursing practice using institutional information technology to support quality and performance improvement.
Perform charge nurse duties as assigned and coordinate supply use and inventory with nursing 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 accordance with hospital, regulatory, legal, and care standards.
Facilitate patient throughput during the shift.
Support the care environment for clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
Advance clinical competence, acquire role- and specialty-related knowledge and skills, and pursue lifelong learning and innovation.
Apply ethical principles in decision-making and communicate in a professional manner that reflects caring, respect, compassion, and empathy.
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 as a clinical leader through charge, throughput facilitator, and unit resource roles.
Articulate the value and application of research and evidence-based practice and contribute to nursing through participation in professional organizations.