STAFF NURSE I/II

Montefiore Health System•New York, NY

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Montefiore Einstein’s Center for Children’s Mental Health provides intensive inpatient psychiatry services for youth and adolescents with serious behavioral health conditions, including severe depression, anxiety, trauma, suicidal thoughts, psychosis, and other acute psychiatric conditions. The Staff Nurse I/II provides direct care on the Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Unit, supporting youth in acute psychiatric crisis. The role combines behavioral health expertise with trauma-informed principles to deliver safe, therapeutic, developmentally appropriate care. The nurse maintains nursing practice standards in accordance with the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, and Nursing’s Social Policy Statement. The role contributes to Montefiore Medical Center’s mission and values, quality improvement, performance improvement and research activities, professional practice, clinical expertise, and nursing leadership. The nurse demonstrates core and unit-specific competencies for the patient population, with a focus on psychiatric care and behavioral health nursing practices.

Requirements

Current New York State license and registration as a Registered Professional Nurse.
At least an associate’s degree.
At least 1–2 years of acute or inpatient behavioral health nursing experience; child/adolescent behavioral health experience is preferred.
Current Basic Life Support (BLS).
Willingness to complete crisis management training within 6 months of hire.

Nice To Haves

At least 2–3 years of experience working with children and adolescents in behavioral health or acute care settings.
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

Coordinate and deliver patient care by developing an interdisciplinary plan of care consistent with accepted length-of-stay parameters, and delegate care in line with team members’ capabilities and responsibilities.
Negotiate with team members when unable to fulfill role responsibilities and escalate issues according to Montefiore Medical Center policy and procedure.
Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families, and assess and document their wishes related to care decisions.
Assume charge nurse assignments.
Systematically assess patients’ and families’ health care needs and responses to care.
Complete documentation reflecting an interdisciplinary team approach, including patient and family teaching and learning needs before discharge.
Optimize achievement of patient outcomes.
Participate in identifying, investigating, and resolving actual or potential risk management, quality-of-care, and ethical issues.
Use effective problem-solving, conflict-resolution, and consensus-building in daily practice.
Evaluate patient progress toward health goals and modify the critical path or plan of care as appropriate.
Develop, coordinate, and provide direct care for assigned patients.
Provide a safe environment and comprehensive direct patient care to assigned patients and families.
Communicate effectively with patients, families, and members of the health care team.
Maintain competencies and participate in activities that support the growth and development of self, colleagues, and the nursing profession.
Provide care appropriate to the ages of patients served.
Establish teaching and discharge plans based on documented patient and family learning needs, chronological maturation, and cognitive ability.