Registered Nurse, Per DIem - Occupational Health Services (2 yrs rel exp rqrd/ OHS exp highly preferred)

NYU Langone Health • New York, NY

4h • $1 - $1

About The Position

NYU Langone Health is seeking a Registered Nurse, Per Diem, for Occupational Health Services. This role emphasizes decision-making within the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The successful candidate will provide competent, safe, and compassionate care in accordance with NYU Langone Health Patient Care and Nursing Standards. As part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, the nurse will formulate initial plans of care with providers (physician or nurse practitioner) and collaborate to implement comprehensive patient-centered plans to achieve expected outcomes, utilizing principles of assignment and delegation consistent with the NY State Nurse Practice Act.

Requirements

• Current Registered Professional Nurse in New York
• Bachelors degree in Nursing from an accredited institution required
• Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association
• Fluent written and spoken English language skills
• 2 years related experience

Nice To Haves

• OHS experience highly preferred
• Membership in pertinent professional organizations preferred

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates a solid foundation and understanding of organizational goals as outlined within the quality and safety performance improvement plan (QSPIP) and nurse sensitive quality indicators (Include unit based quality measures e.g. HAPU, CAUTI, CLABSI, Falls).
• Collects, assesses and documents patient healthcare data.
• Involves patient/family and Interdisciplinary team to identify a plan of care and outcomes that are realistic and measurable.
• Prioritizes care based upon data collected.
• Documents assessment and reassessment in medical records.
• Implements interventions in the coordination of patient care in a safe, timely and appropriate manner and applies escalation process.
• Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age groups and cultural groups in all patient care activities.
• Documents interventions per hospital standard.
• Educates the patient/family regarding health status and established plan of care.
• Determines learning needs of the patient/family. Implements an educational plan. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to modify expected outcomes.
• Documents learning outcomes of patient/family and revises education plan. (Include utilization of EHR education tools)
• Evaluates the patient's progress towards expected outcomes. Involves the patient/family and interdisciplinary team in the evaluation process, recognizes changes in patient condition, reports documents and evaluates the effectiveness of the intervention(s).
• Participates in and contributes to in unit activities to provide patient care in a healing, humane and caring environment.
• Demonstrates understanding of and contributes to unit throughput efficiencies and metrics. (Include unit throughput measures eg. DBN, door to triage, assign to occupy, first case starts, room turnover)
• Complies with unit based and organizations professional standards, New York State Nurse Practice Act and regulations of relevant outside agencies, e.g., NY State Department of Health, The Joint Commission, regulatory requirements etc.
• Exhibits appropriate judgement in delegated activities.
• Demonstrates ability to differentiate those activities which are in scope of professional nursing practice, and those that may be delegated to ancillary staff.
• Complies with annual education and mandatory/regulatory requirements (Include learning transcript and supportive documentation).
• Serves as a support and resource for nursing staff and students.
• Engages in self-assessment and peer review; utilizes resources to meet individual learning need and promote professional development in clinical practice.
• Adheres to patient care and nursing standards in care delivery, and uses clinical practice guidelines (CPG).
• Attends unit practice councils (UPC) and utilizes the practice council structure to critically appraise and influence practice (Include supportive evidence).

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits and wellness package
• robust support system for any stage of life
• financial security benefits
• generous time-off program
• employee resources groups for peer support
• holistic employee wellness program, which focuses on seven key areas of well-being: physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees