Clinical Nurse-Med-Surge-GI-Stepdown-10E-Mount Sinai Hospital-PT/Nights

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

1d•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 based on nursing theory, research, evidence-based practice, approved organizational standards, and Mount Sinai’s Relationship Centered Care model. The nurse assesses and manages patient care needs, collaborates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team, educates patients and caregivers, and supports safe transitions of care. The role also includes patient-experience practices, quality and safety improvement, operational coordination, accurate documentation, and ongoing professional development. The nurse may perform charge nurse duties as assigned and serve as a role model, preceptor, and resource for colleagues.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN), or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) RN matriculated in a BSN program with a graduation date 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 issued by the AHA.

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, transitions, health promotion, and disease prevention, while anticipating learning needs and readiness.
Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary patient 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 patient 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, initiate service recovery when concerns arise, and escalate concerns as appropriate.
Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening; conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding addressing the 4 Ps.
Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, safety hazards, and opportunities for improvement through the institutional chain of command.
Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the patient population and implement evidence-based process improvement strategies.
Participate in peer and institutional reviews, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, nursing research, and required compliance measures.
Apply high-reliability principles to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors and support a safe patient environment.
Document nursing practice using institutional information technology to support quality and performance improvement.
Perform charge nurse duties as assigned and coordinate supplies and inventory with clinical leadership.
Escalate material or staffing resource deficits and use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused and cost-effective manner.
Document accurately and thoroughly in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
Facilitate patient throughput on a shift basis.
Support the environment of care for colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team, and advance clinical competence.
Incorporate ethical principles into decisions for patients and families and promote scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the role, patient population, clinical specialty, and local or global health community needs.
Participate in shared decision-making through specialty practice councils, nursing department committees, and unit initiatives.
Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students; advance clinical leadership through charge duties, patient throughput facilitation, and serving as a unit resource.
Articulate the value of research and evidence-based practice and contribute to the nursing profession through participation in professional organizations.