Registered Nurse - 226 OR RN - Part Time
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides direct patient care and collaborates with patients, families or significant others, peers, physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. The nurse assesses patient needs, plans care, and implements and evaluates medical and nursing regimens in accordance with hospital and nursing philosophy, policies, procedures, and standards. The role demonstrates leadership, professional accountability, and commitment to growth. This is a part-time day-shift position in the Ambulatory Surgery 226 Center in White Plains, New York, scheduled Monday through Friday from 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM for 45 hours per pay period.
Requirements
- BSN required, or MSN.
- For areas other than medical-surgical nursing or step-down, 1 year of acute-care nursing experience is required.
- New York State Registered Nurse licensure required.
- American Heart Association BLS certification required.
- Knowledge of current nursing, medical, and health trends and practices in patient care.
- Assessment skills.
- Sound problem-solving, judgment, and decision-making skills.
- Ability to adapt to a high-stress, fast-paced environment with multiple interruptions.
- Ability to detect sounds and respond to emergency sounds or signals at all times.
- Ability to constantly operate a computer, equipment, and other devices.
- Ability to concentrate on fine detail with interruptions and attend to tasks for more than 60 minutes at a time.
- Ability to understand and relate theories behind several related concepts and remember multiple tasks during the course of a day.
- For newly hired inexperienced RNs working in the 226 Ambulatory Surgery Center, American Heart Association PALS certification is required within 1 year.
- For newly hired experienced RNs working in the 226 Ambulatory Surgery Center, American Heart Association PALS certification is required within 180 days.
Nice To Haves
- Prior patient experience is preferred.
- For registered nurses providing direct oncology care, current specialty cancer certification or 36 cancer-related nursing continuing-education contact hours every 3 years is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Understand and adhere to WPH Performance Standards, Policies, and Behaviors.
- Provide respectful care that promotes mutual respect, shared decision-making, and informed consent while protecting patient autonomy and dignity.
- Use the nursing process to meet age-specific patient needs, including biophysical and psychosocial care, education, safety, and discharge planning.
- Recognize and prioritize patient-care and unit-based issues, make appropriate decisions, and take appropriate action.
- Administer blood and blood products according to policy.
- Collaborate and communicate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.
- Integrate patient rights and nursing ethics into work practice.
- Follow infection-control standards and Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals.
- Delegate activities to ancillary staff in accordance with the State Nurse Practice Act.
- Adhere to the ANA Code of Nursing Ethics and the Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice.
- Support and practice within the WPH Professional Nursing Practice Model and sustain and advance the Magnet model.
- Participate in performance-improvement initiatives and complete competency requirements.
- Attend mandatory in-services and staff meetings as required or requested.
- Use cost-containment practices.
- Assume Charge Nurse responsibility.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
