Registered Nurse, Mother/Baby, Per Diem (nights)
About The Position
NYU Langone Health is seeking a Registered Nurse for its Mother/Baby team on a per-diem night schedule. The nurse provides competent, safe, and compassionate care in accordance with established patient care and nursing standards. The role carries out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, identification of expected outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Working as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team, the nurse formulates an initial plan of care with a physician or nurse practitioner and collaborates on a comprehensive, patient-centered plan to achieve expected outcomes. The nurse also applies assignment and delegation principles consistent with the New York State Nurse Practice Act. The position includes collecting and documenting patient data, coordinating and evaluating care, educating patients and families, supporting unit quality and throughput goals, following professional and regulatory standards, and contributing to unit practice and staff development. NYU Langone describes a comprehensive benefits and wellness package that includes financial security benefits, a generous time-off program, employee resource groups, and a holistic employee wellness program covering physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive-care well-being. The stated salary range is $1.44–$1.44 per hour; actual pay may vary based on experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The stated range does not include bonuses or incentive, differential pay, or other compensation or benefits.
Requirements
- Current Registered Professional Nurse credential in New York; New York State Registered Nurse license required.
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing from an accredited institution required.
- Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association required.
- Fluent written and spoken English skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
Nice To Haves
- Membership in pertinent professional organizations preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collect, assess, and document patient healthcare data, including assessments and reassessments in the medical record.
- Involve patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team in identifying realistic, measurable care plans and outcomes.
- Prioritize care based on collected data and implement coordinated interventions safely, promptly, and appropriately, using the escalation process when needed.
- Consider the needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups in patient-care activities.
- Document interventions according to hospital standards.
- Determine patient and family learning needs, implement education plans, collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to adjust expected outcomes, and document learning outcomes and education-plan revisions, including use of EHR education tools.
- Evaluate patient progress toward expected outcomes with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team; recognize changes in condition; and report, document, and evaluate intervention effectiveness.
- Participate in unit activities that support a healing, humane, and caring environment.
- Contribute to 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 outside-agency regulations and requirements.
- Use appropriate judgment in delegated activities and distinguish activities within professional nursing scope from those that may be delegated to ancillary staff.
- Complete annual education and mandatory or regulatory requirements, with learning transcript and supporting documentation.
- Serve as a support and resource for nursing staff and students.
- Engage in self-assessment and peer review and use resources to address learning needs and support professional development in clinical practice.
- Adhere to 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.
- Collaborate with a physician or nurse practitioner to formulate and implement a comprehensive, patient-centered plan of care.
- Use assignment and delegation principles consistent with the New York State Nurse Practice Act.
Benefits
- Financial security benefits
- Generous time-off program
- Employee resource groups for peer support
- Employee wellness program addressing physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive-care well-being
