Per Diem Registered Nurse, Integrative Health
About The Position
NYU Langone Health is hiring a Per Diem Registered Nurse for Integrative Health. The nurse provides safe, competent, compassionate, patient-centered care in accordance with NYU Langone Health Patient Care and Nursing Standards and the New York State Nurse Practice Act. The role carries out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, identifying expected outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation. In collaboration with physicians or nurse practitioners and the interdisciplinary healthcare team, the nurse develops and implements comprehensive care plans. The position also introduces patients, caregivers, providers, and staff to holistic nursing principles and integrative health and mind-body modalities intended to promote healing, reduce pain, encourage relaxation, and provide emotional support. The nurse assesses whether consultations are appropriate, collaborates with patients on holistic care plans, delivers interventions and education, monitors responses, documents care, and communicates or escalates concerns to the primary clinical team. The role also supports staff after Team Lavender activations and provides education about Integrative Health services to the NYU Langone Health community. The position requires a current New York Registered Professional Nurse license, a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Basic Life Support certification through the American Heart Association, and fluent written and spoken English. NYU Langone describes a comprehensive benefits and wellness package that includes financial security benefits, a time-off program, employee resource groups, and an employee wellness program.
Requirements
- Current Registered Professional Nurse license in New York (Registered Nurse License-NYS).
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- 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
- Comfort applying trauma-informed care with cultural sensitivity across the lifespan.
- Ability to shift between patient and family care, research protocols, educational offerings, presentations, and content creation or program development.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with diverse populations, including healthcare providers and staff, patients and visitors, administrators, and the NYU Langone Health community across different platforms.
- Ability to communicate with clinical staff when a patient is in acute distress and engage the interdisciplinary team or administration as needed.
- Consideration of the needs and behaviors of patients across age and cultural groups; willingness to attend trainings as offered.
Responsibilities
- Carry out the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, identification of expected outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation.
- Provide competent, safe, compassionate care according to NYU Langone Health Patient Care and Nursing Standards.
- Formulate and implement patient-centered care plans with providers and the interdisciplinary healthcare team; apply assignment and delegation principles consistent with the New York State Nurse Practice Act.
- Collect, assess, and document patient healthcare data; prioritize care based on collected information and document assessments, reassessments, and interventions in the medical record.
- Involve patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team in establishing realistic, measurable care plans and outcomes.
- Implement care interventions safely, promptly, and appropriately, use escalation processes, and respond to changes in patient condition.
- Consider the needs and behaviors of patients across age and cultural groups in care activities.
- Determine patient and family learning needs, provide education, document learning outcomes, and revise education plans in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team; recognize and report changes in condition and assess intervention effectiveness.
- Contribute to a healing, humane, and caring care environment and support unit throughput efficiencies and metrics.
- Comply with professional standards, the New York State Nurse Practice Act, regulatory requirements, annual education requirements, and mandatory training.
- Use appropriate judgment in delegated activities and distinguish nursing activities from tasks that may be delegated to ancillary staff.
- Support and serve as a resource for nursing staff and students; in the Integrative Health role, also support and precept nursing staff, students, and medical residents.
- Engage in self-assessment and peer review, pursue learning needs, and promote professional development in clinical practice.
- Adhere to patient care and nursing standards and use clinical practice guidelines.
- Attend and contribute to unit practice councils and use the council structure to appraise and influence practice.
- Introduce patients, caregivers, providers, and staff to holistic nursing theory, integrative health principles, and mind-body modalities.
- Empower patients and caregivers to participate in holistic interventions and their own healing, and collaborate with patients to design holistic care plans.
- Explain treatments and set expectations with patients; adapt interventions to patient progress and changes in condition.
- Review charts for consultation indications, eligibility criteria, and contraindications; assess consultation appropriateness and collaborate with the patient’s proxy and care team when the patient cannot consent.
- Optimize patient comfort and coordinate activities to provide care in a healing, humane environment.
- Observe and assess patient and family responses during and after interventions; document holistic assessments, interventions, education, responses, and follow-up.
- Communicate with the primary clinical team, escalate concerns, and advocate for patients.
- Educate the NYU Langone Health community about Integrative Health services and scope of practice.
- Provide debriefing and emotional support to staff following a recent Team Lavender activation.
- Provide education and communicate with diverse populations and healthcare colleagues as appropriate to the role.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
- Financial security benefits.
- Generous time-off program.
- Employee resource groups for peer support.
- Employee wellness program covering physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care.
