Per Diem Infusion RN: Multispecialty-Staten Island, NY-Day-Offsite

Mount Sinai Health System•Staten Island, NY

About The Position

The Offsite Registered Nurse – Infusion provides safe, competent, quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others. The nurse applies the nursing process and approved professional and institutional standards, collaborates with patients and the health care team, and contributes to quality improvement, professional practice, and a safe, therapeutic, consumer-oriented environment. The role includes coordinating patient care and discharge planning, communicating professionally about care plans, supporting patient rights, and demonstrating accountability, ethical decision-making, and prudent use of resources. The nurse also maintains clinical competence, supports professional growth and lifelong learning, and may serve as a role model and preceptor.

Requirements

Licensed as a Registered Nurse with current registration in New York State.
Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Provider Card.
Relevant clinical competence in the assigned area of nursing practice; new graduates must have current knowledge of the nursing process and its application.
An associate degree in nursing is considered only with relevant experience and/or active enrollment in a BSN program, if approved by the Chief Nursing Officer or designee.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science with a major in nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist in developing, implementing, and evaluating standards of care and professional practice with the health care team, consistent with institutional policies and regulatory requirements.
Assess and evaluate patient needs and responses to care, applying sound nursing judgment to patient-care management decisions.
Provide direct and, where applicable, continuous care for an assigned caseload using the nursing process and approved nursing and institutional standards.
Coordinate patient-care activities, including teaching, rounding, counseling, and discharge planning, and appropriately direct or delegate to health care team members.
Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, significant others, and health care team members about the patient's plan of care.
Participate in performance improvement, nursing quality, and nursing research activities, and apply relevant findings in clinical practice.
Participate in designing, measuring, and assessing care structures, processes, and outcomes to improve patient-care quality.
Demonstrate accountability for nursing practice and the delivery of safe, competent patient care.
Help maintain a safe, therapeutic, and consumer-oriented environment.
Collaborate with the health care team, patients, and significant others to plan and implement patient care.
Coordinate discharge planning from admission through discharge or transfer, and conduct discharge phone calls for selected patients.
Perform charge responsibilities as assigned.
Maintain clinical competence and pursue professional growth and development.
Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for students, new hires, and staff.
Support the institution's and department's mission, philosophy, standards, and objectives.
Demonstrate professional commitment to patients, significant others, and health care team members.
Participate in identifying, responding to, and investigating potential and actual risk-management issues.
Maintain a professional image and positive attitude, and incorporate ethical principles into decision-making.
Use available financial and other resources prudently.
Promote positive consumer interactions and uphold the Patient Bill of Rights.
Participate in institutional committees, community agencies, and professional organizations.
Encourage scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, innovation, and research in self and colleagues.
Treat coworkers, patients, and families with dignity and respect.