Clinical Nurse-Mount Sinai Hospital- Full Time- Nights- Neuro ICU

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

18h

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. The nurse applies nursing theory, research, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational standards within the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing. The role includes assessing and managing patient care needs; coordinating care with the interdisciplinary team; educating patients and caregivers; supporting a positive patient experience; maintaining quality, safety, and documentation standards; managing resources and patient throughput; and developing clinical competence and leadership. The position is based in the Neuro ICU at Mount Sinai Hospital and is full-time on nights.

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. ADN nurses with nursing experience require 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 nursing process, evidence-based practice, nursing research, 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 care plans, transitions of care, health promotion, and disease prevention.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary care team.
Manage assignments within Modified Primary Nursing and use material resources effectively.
Model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care practices, including admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and unit collaboration.
Consider patient values, preferences, 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 appropriate.
Conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding for assigned patients, addressing the 4 Ps.
Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, hazards, and opportunities for improvement.
Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the patient population and implement process-improvement strategies.
Participate in peer and institutional reviews, quality-improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
Follow high-reliability principles, compliance measures, and institutional safety escalation procedures.
Use institutional information technology to document nursing practice and support quality and performance improvement.
Perform charge nurse duties when assigned and coordinate supply utilization and inventory with clinical leadership.
Escalate material or staffing resource deficits and use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused, cost-effective manner.
Document accurately and thoroughly in accordance with hospital, regulatory, legal, and care standards.
Facilitate patient throughput during the shift.
Support the care environment for clinical colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team.
Develop clinical competence, maintain professional conduct, and incorporate ethical principles into decision-making.
Promote scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation; acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the role, specialty, patient population, and community needs.
Participate in shared decision-making through specialty councils, nursing committees, and unit initiatives.
Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students, and advance as a clinical leader through charge, throughput, and resource roles.
Promote the value and application of research and evidence-based practice and participate in professional nursing organizations.