RN

Montefiore New Rochelle•City of New Rochelle, NY

23h•Onsite

About The Position

The RN delivers nursing care by developing nursing diagnoses, establishing care objectives, defining interventions, and providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and their families and friends. The role monitors changing patient conditions and needs and reevaluates care objectives. The nurse also educates patients and those close to them about health conditions, medications, and self-care.

Requirements

Associate degree required.
Completion of a nursing program and an active license; the posting lists less than one year for this qualification.
Experience working in a clinical environment; the posting lists 1–3 years.
Knowledge of patient rights and laws related to those rights, such as HIPAA.
Ability to perform assessments and nursing functions acquired through basic nursing preparation.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to prepare comprehensive reports and effectively convey information to others.
New York Registered Nurse license required.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions, communicating nursing care plans and relevant information to the healthcare team, coordinating with other providers, supporting patients and their families, and conferring with physicians.
Develop nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories, examining patients, documenting physical and psychological status and relevant social factors, consulting with family and friends, establishing nursing diagnoses and objectives, and defining interventions and schedules.
Teach patients, families, and friends about care goals, health conditions, medications, and self-care; answer questions and provide information and resources.
Evaluate patient care against therapeutic and patient-care standards, review records, identify changes in conditions and needs, reevaluate objectives, and modify care plans.
Maintain quality care in accordance with professional standards, organizational policies and procedures, applicable laws and requirements, and JCAHO standards; foster cooperative relationships among healthcare team members.
Maintain a safe, secure, and healthy patient-care environment by following infection-control, medication administration and storage, controlled-substance, organizational, and legal requirements, and alerting others to potential concerns.
Document patient-care services in patient and department records.
Protect confidential information and caution others about potential breaches.
Maintain patient-care equipment by following instructions and procedures, troubleshooting problems, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and arranging repairs.
Maintain patient-care supplies by checking stock, anticipating needs, placing and expediting orders, verifying deliveries, and stocking items.
Improve nursing knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, building professional networks, benchmarking practices, and participating in professional societies.
Support the success of the nursing and healthcare organization by responding to related, different, and new requests and helping others achieve job results.