Per Diem Nursing Administrator-Rivington-Days

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

94d•$80 - $80

About The Position

The Nursing Administrator is a registered professional nurse with progressive administrative experience who leads hospital operations on assigned shifts. The administrator serves as the senior administrative representative for the organization during evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays, supporting the CNO, Nursing Directors, Nurse Managers, Assistant Nurse Managers, and hospital/site leadership in managing clinical units and specialty areas. The role oversees hospital and patient care services and ensures safe, efficient, and effective care while promoting operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and an exceptional patient and staff experience. The Nursing Administrator leads patient-centered nursing practice, supports patient experience initiatives, rounds on patients, develops staff competency, addresses patient concerns, and coordinates with physicians and interdisciplinary teams. The administrator monitors quality and safety, responds to operational and clinical escalations, supports staffing and resource allocation, maintains regulatory compliance, and leads emergency operations when designated. The role also promotes professional development, shared decision-making, evidence-based practice, and a culture of inclusion, respect, and continuous learning.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing.
Licensed registered nurse with current registration in New York State.
BLS certification through the American Heart Association.
Relevant clinical competence in the assigned area of nursing practice.
3–5 years minimum clinical nursing experience.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in nursing or a healthcare-related field.
Charge Nurse or supervisory experience.
Specialty board certification in a clinical specialty or leadership.

Responsibilities

Lead nursing practice according to the Professional Practice Model of Relationship Centered Care and the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing.
Demonstrate and integrate hourly Care Checks into clinical activities, and assess staff competency while providing meaningful feedback.
Round on patients during the assigned shift and communicate patient experience and staff engagement information to staff and interdisciplinary teams to support action plans.
Collaborate with physician dyads, escalate concerns as appropriate, and follow up on patient concerns, providing service recovery when needed.
Role model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care practices, including Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, HELP, AM/PM Care, Dedicated Sit Down, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Medication Review, Discharge Wrap Up, and MD/RN Unit Collaboration.
Huddle with staff at the start of each shift to identify high-risk patients, and communicate concerns to nursing leadership.
Initiate service recovery for patients and families, escalating issues to nursing leadership and Patient Relations as needed.
Interpret patient experience scores and benchmarks, keep staff informed of progress and opportunities, and encourage evidence-based practices that improve understanding of patients’ perceptions of care.
Design, support, and lead a safe, therapeutic, efficient, patient-centered care environment.
Investigate practice or operational variances, participate in root cause analysis, and implement corrective action plans.
Promote reporting of errors and near misses, participate in interdisciplinary quality improvement teams, and review quality and safety metrics with clinical teams.
Respond to potential safety hazards or gaps from best practice, correct nursing documentation gaps when applicable, and lead staff participation in quality, safety, competency, and compliance initiatives.
Support the department’s mission, vision, goals, and objectives across clinical services and patient care units.
Provide administrative and clinical oversight of staffing, support services, interdisciplinary collaboration, resources, and financial viability.
Collaborate with physician dyads and healthcare teams to promote patient care and regulatory standards.
Maintain nursing units in compliance with regulatory requirements, including New York State Department of Health and The Joint Commission mandates.
Oversee patient care delivery, throughput, staffing, and operational processes during the assigned shift.
Partner with the Centralized Staffing Office to optimize workforce assignments and cross-coverage in accordance with organizational priorities, specialty practice, patient acuity, regulations, and individual patient needs.
Provide input into staff management and retention; evaluate staff performance and mentor, coach, counsel, or discipline staff as needed.
Maintain patient and employee confidentiality; monitor nursing equipment and supply availability and maintenance.
Communicate policy, procedure, operational, and compliance changes to staff, and recognize staff participation and accomplishments in quality and safety initiatives.
Facilitate organizational change and lead shared decision-making, shared governance, just culture, and staff engagement in councils, meetings, and initiatives.
Interpret and implement collective bargaining agreements, respond to protests of assignment, discuss resolutions with staff, and submit related information for Clinical Staffing Committee data entry.
Respond to hospital emergencies and escalate to appropriate leadership, including the Administrator on Call, as necessary.
Act as incident commander during evening/night shifts and weekends/holidays during an announced emergency management level of operations.
Create and support nursing practice and an environment of care that reflects clinical excellence, and organize the care environment to support colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
Model professional, ethical, respectful, compassionate, and trustworthy conduct; foster scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
Acquire and share knowledge and skills relevant to the role, patient population, specialty, and health community needs.
Lead shared decision-making through practice councils, committees, and clinical service or unit initiatives; serve as a role model and preceptor for new leadership staff and students.
Promote research and evidence-based practice and contribute to the nursing profession through leadership and participation in professional organizations.