Clinical Nurse - Med/Surg Clinics-Nsg - Mount Sinai Hospital - Full-Time Days 9:30AM-6PM

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

13h•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others. The role applies the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and the nursing process, collaborating with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to assess needs, develop and evaluate care plans, educate patients and caregivers, and support safe transitions of care. The nurse promotes a positive patient experience through therapeutic relationships, purposeful rounding, attentive communication, and service recovery. The role contributes to quality and safety practices, process improvement, nursing research, accurate documentation, and efficient use of resources. Duties may include charge nurse responsibilities, facilitating patient throughput, supporting colleagues, precepting new staff and students, and advancing professional nursing practice. This is a full-time day position, scheduled 9:30 AM–6:00 PM, in the Med/Surg Clinics at Mount Sinai Hospital. The position is part of the NYSNA-MSH collective bargaining unit.

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 expected graduation within one 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 Registered Nurse license and registration in New York State.
Basic Life Support (BCLS) certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

NRP certification for Labor and Delivery or NICU departments.
ACLS certification for applicable departments, including ED, PACU/ASU, ICUs, telemetry, SDU, interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, Labor and Delivery, Endoscopy, and Adult Oncology APN.
PALS certification for applicable departments, including ED, PACU, Endoscopy, interventional radiology, Pediatric ICU, and Pediatric Oncology APNs.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care through Relationship Centered Care and the nursing process, using theory, research, evidence-based practice, and organizational nursing standards.
Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking and 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, post-hospital planning, and appropriate delegation.
Educate patients and caregivers about plans of care, transitions, health promotion, and disease prevention, while considering readiness to learn.
Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary care team.
Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing Care Delivery Model and allocate 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 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 and initiate service recovery, escalating concerns when 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, high-reliability principles, and required quality, safety, and compliance practices.
Participate in peer and institutional review, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
Document nursing practice using institutional information technology to support quality and performance improvement initiatives.
Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
Coordinate supply use and inventory needs with clinical leadership; escalate material or staffing resource deficits.
Use patient-focused and cost-effective approaches to equipment, staffing, supplies, and other resources.
Maintain accurate and thorough documentation in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
Facilitate patient throughput on a shift basis.
Contribute to a supportive environment of care for colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team.
Advance clinical competence, maintain a professional image, and incorporate ethical principles into decision-making.
Promote scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, innovation, and knowledge relevant to the role, patient population, 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; develop as a clinical leader through charge, throughput facilitator, and resource-person roles.
Articulate the value and application of research and evidence-based practice and contribute to nursing through participation in professional organizations.