Per Diem Registered Nurse - Mineola Infusion
About The Position
NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is hiring a per diem Registered Nurse for its Mineola Infusion team. The nurse practices in accordance with the American Nurses Association's scope and standards of nursing practice, using clinical expertise to plan and provide safe, therapeutic, population-specific care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Care is centered on patients and families and incorporates their individual characteristics and needs. The nurse works collaboratively with a multidisciplinary healthcare team to promote wellness and optimize outcomes, provides leadership through orienting and mentoring team members, and participates in performance improvement initiatives to support quality patient, family, and service outcomes. The position requires a current New York State Registered Professional Nurse license and current BLS certification. A bachelor's degree in nursing is required for employees hired after September 1, 2020; employees hired before that date are grandfathered. Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree in nursing and two years of oncology nursing experience. The listed pay rate is $70.00 per hour; actual compensation may depend on experience, specialty, education, and hospital need.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in nursing for employees hired after September 1, 2020; employees hired before that date are grandfathered.
- Current and valid New York State Registered Professional Nurse license.
- Current and valid BLS certification.
- Knowledge of standards of practice for all areas of patient care.
- Excellent oral and written communication, organizational, customer service, and interpersonal skills.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in nursing.
- Two years of oncology nursing experience.
Responsibilities
- Analyze assessment data to determine diagnoses or issues.
- Identify expected outcomes for an individualized plan of care.
- Develop plans prescribing strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
- Implement the identified plan of care.
- Coordinate care delivery.
- Employ strategies to promote health and a safe environment.
- Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.
- Practice ethically in accordance with the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
- Maintain knowledge and competence reflecting current nursing practice.
- Integrate evidence and research findings into practice.
- Contribute to quality nursing practice.
- Communicate effectively in a variety of formats and areas of practice.
- Demonstrate leadership in the profession and professional practice setting.
- Collaborate with the healthcare consumer, family, and others in nursing practice.
- Evaluate personal nursing practice against professional standards and guidelines, statutes, rules, and regulations.
- Practice in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
- Orient and mentor team members.
- Participate in unit, departmental, and/or institutional performance improvement initiatives.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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.
