Clinical Nurse-MSH (PTO)-Pediatrics

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

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 position is in Pediatrics at Mount Sinai Hospital and delivers care through the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and the nursing process, using evidence-based practice and approved organizational nursing standards. The nurse assesses and manages patient care needs, collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, educates patients and caregivers, supports patient experience, and contributes to quality, safety, and operational goals. The role also supports professional development and nursing practice through continued learning, shared decision-making, precepting, and participation in professional organizations.

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 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 registration/license issued by the Department of Health/Office of Professions.
Basic Life Saver (BCLS) certification issued by the AHA.
Applicable certifications vary by department: NRP for Labor and Delivery or NICU; ACLS for the listed areas including ED, PACU/ASU, ICUs, telemetry, SDU, IR, interventional cardiology, L&D, Endoscopy, and APN Adult Oncology; PALS for ED, PACU, IR, Peds ICU, and APNs in Pediatric Oncology.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, research, evidence-based practice, and approved nursing standards.
Assess and evaluate patient care needs; apply critical thinking, assessment, and intervention skills.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
Prioritize teaching, rounding, coaching, care planning, and delegation as appropriate.
Educate patients and caregivers about care plans, transitions of care, health promotion, and disease prevention.
Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and 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, HELP, AM/PM care, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and MD/RN 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 support staff in doing so.
Initiate service recovery for patients or family members with concerns and escalate issues 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, hazards, and gaps from best practice.
Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the patient population and contribute to quality improvement, evidence-based practice, nursing research, and compliance measures.
Use high-reliability principles to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors; document nursing practice using institutional information technology.
Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
Coordinate supply use and inventory with clinical leadership; escalate material or staffing resource deficits.
Use patient-focused, cost-effective approaches to equipment, staffing, supplies, and other resources.
Document accurately and thoroughly in accordance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
Support the care environment for colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members; advance clinical competence and maintain professional conduct.
Apply ethical principles, encourage scholarship and lifelong learning, and acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the role, specialty, and community 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; contribute as a charge nurse, patient throughput facilitator, and unit resource person.
Promote research and evidence-based practice in nursing and participate in professional organizations.