Clinical Nurse-Med-Surge-Spine Center-8C-Mount Sinai Hospital-PT/Days
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 and research and follows Mount Sinai’s professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational nursing standards. The role is based in the Med-Surge Spine Center at Mount Sinai Hospital and is designated PT/Days. The nurse assesses and manages patient care needs, collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, educates patients and caregivers, supports a positive patient experience, and contributes to quality, safety, and operational goals. The role may include charge nurse duties as assigned and requires accurate documentation, effective use of resources, and support for patient throughput.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN), or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) while matriculated in a BSN program with graduation expected 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 Support (BCLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
Nice To Haves
- NRP certification for Labor and Delivery or NICU departments.
- ACLS certification for the listed areas: ED, PACU/ASU, ICUs, Telemetry Units, SDU, IR, Interventional Cardiology (CCL/EP/Echo), L&D, Endoscopy, and APN Adult Oncology.
- PALS certification for the listed areas: ED, PACU, Endoscopy, IR, Pediatric ICU, and APN Pediatric Oncology departments.
Responsibilities
- Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, research, evidence-based practice, and organizational nursing standards.
- Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking, relevant assessment, and intervention skills.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
- Prioritize teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and appropriate delegation.
- Educate patients and caregivers about care plans, transitions of care, health promotion, and disease prevention, while considering readiness to learn.
- Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and interdisciplinary care team members.
- 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 and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families, and demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
- Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care and support staff in doing so.
- Initiate service recovery for patients or family members with concerns and escalate as needed to nursing leadership or Patient Relations.
- Conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding on assigned patients, addressing the 4 Ps.
- Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, safety hazards, and improvement opportunities.
- Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the patient population and implement process-improvement strategies consistent with institutional and evidence-based procedures.
- Participate in peer and institutional review, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research with interdisciplinary teams.
- Contribute to quality, safety, and compliance practices and apply high-reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
- Use institutional information technology to document nursing practice and support quality and performance improvement.
- Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
- Coordinate supply use and inventory sufficiency with nursing leadership; escalate material or staffing resource deficits.
- Use equipment, staffing, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused and cost-effective manner.
- Document accurately and thoroughly in accordance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
- Facilitate patient throughput on a shift basis.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
