Clinical Nurse-Med-Surge-GI-Stepdown-9E-Mount Sinai Hospital-FT/Days
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, based on nursing theory and research. The role delivers care using the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and the nursing process, applying evidence-based practice and organizational nursing standards. The nurse assesses patient needs, coordinates care with an interdisciplinary team, educates patients and caregivers, and supports safe transitions of care. The position also promotes a positive patient experience, quality and safety, efficient unit operations, and continued professional development. The nurse may perform charge nurse duties as assigned, contribute to improvement activities and nursing research, and serve as a professional role model and preceptor.
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.
Nice To Haves
- ACLS certification is required for specified departments, including telemetry and stepdown units, among others.
- NRP certification is required for Labor and Delivery and NICU departments.
- PALS certification is required for specified departments, including Endoscopy, among others.
Responsibilities
- Deliver patient-centered nursing care using Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational standards.
- Assess and evaluate patient care needs, apply critical thinking, and use 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, health promotion, and disease prevention.
- Communicate professionally with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary patient 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, discharge wrap-up, and MD/RN collaboration.
- Consider patient values, preferences, expressed 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.
- Conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding on assigned patients, addressing the 4 Ps.
- Provide safe, efficient patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, safety hazards, and opportunities for improvement.
- Apply clinical skills and high-reliability principles to support quality and safety, and comply with required measures and institutional procedures.
- Participate in peer and institutional reviews, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
- Document nursing practice accurately and thoroughly in accordance with hospital, regulatory, legal, and care standards.
- 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 on a shift basis.
- Support the care environment and advance clinical competence, scholarship, lifelong learning, and innovation.
- 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 charge-role leader, throughput facilitator, and unit resource.
- Contribute to the nursing profession through participation in professional organizations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
