Per Diem Registered Nurse - Operating Room OR Experience Required
About The Position
NYU Langone Health is hiring a per diem Registered Nurse for its Operating Room. The nurse provides competent, safe, and compassionate patient care in accordance with established NYU Langone Health Patient Care and Nursing Standards. The role emphasizes decision-making throughout the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, identifying expected outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation. As a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, the nurse formulates an initial plan of care with a physician or nurse practitioner and collaborates with the team to implement a comprehensive, patient-centered plan. The nurse also applies assignment and delegation principles consistent with the New York State Nurse Practice Act. The posted salary range is $1.44–$1.44 hourly; actual compensation depends on factors such as experience, specialty, education, and hospital need.
Requirements
- Current Registered Professional Nurse licensure in New York State.
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an accredited institution.
- Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association.
- Fluent written and spoken English-language skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
Nice To Haves
- Membership in pertinent professional organizations.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate understanding of organizational goals in the Quality and Safety Performance Improvement Plan (QSPIP) and nurse-sensitive quality indicators, including unit-based measures such as HAPU, CAUTI, CLABSI, and falls.
- Collect, assess, and document patient healthcare data.
- Involve the patient or family and interdisciplinary team in identifying realistic, measurable care plans and outcomes.
- Prioritize care based on collected data.
- Document patient assessments and reassessments in medical records.
- Implement coordinated patient-care interventions safely, promptly, and appropriately, using the escalation process when needed.
- Consider the needs and behaviors of specific age and cultural groups in patient-care activities.
- Document interventions according to hospital standards.
- Educate patients and families about health status and the established plan of care.
- Determine patient and family learning needs, implement an education plan, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to modify expected outcomes.
- Document patient and family learning outcomes and revise education plans, including use of EHR education tools.
- Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes with the patient or family and interdisciplinary team; recognize changes in condition; report, document, and evaluate intervention effectiveness.
- Participate in and contribute to unit activities that support a healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Support unit throughput efficiencies and metrics, including measures such as DBN, door to triage, assign to occupy, first case starts, and room turnover.
- Comply with unit and organizational professional standards, the New York State Nurse Practice Act, and applicable external agency and regulatory requirements.
- Exercise appropriate judgment in delegated activities and distinguish professional nursing responsibilities from tasks that may be delegated to ancillary staff.
- Complete annual education and mandatory or regulatory requirements, including maintaining learning transcripts and supporting documentation.
- Serve as a support and resource for nursing staff and students.
- Engage in self-assessment and peer review, use resources to address learning needs, and promote professional development in clinical practice.
- Follow patient-care and nursing standards and use clinical practice guidelines.
- Attend unit practice councils and use the practice council structure to critically appraise and influence practice, with supporting evidence.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
- Financial security benefits.
- Generous time-off program.
- Employee resource groups for peer support.
- Holistic employee wellness program covering physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive-care well-being.
