STAFF NURSE - Med/Surg (Orthopedics/General Surgery) - Mount Sinai West - Full Time Night
About The Position
The Staff Nurse - Med/Surg (Orthopedics/General Surgery) position at Mount Sinai West is a full-time night role, working from 7pm to 7:30am, with every other weekend required. This role is responsible for the care activities and goal achievements of assigned patients by assessing, diagnosing, planning, intervening in actual or potential health problems, and evaluating patient responses to care. The nurse will also be responsible for health teaching and discharge planning. This position acts as a member of a designated care team, collaborating, coordinating, and guiding team members in planning patient care activities. The nurse will demonstrate behaviors reflecting scientific knowledge, judgment, and teaching skills of a professional nurse.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited Nursing program.
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing. (BSN)
- Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN)
- RN who is matriculated in a BSN Program with a graduation date within the year.
- Any Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN) RN with Nursing experience must be approved by the CNO.
- Documented previous experience or educational preparation to support credentials.
- Specials skills/experience may be required in specialized areas.
- RN (1 Year)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certificate (Required Depts.: L&D, NICU)
- ACLS (Required Depts.: ED; PACU/ASU; ICUs; Telemetry Units; SDU; IR, Interventional Cardiology (CCL/EP/Echo); L&D Endoscopy, and APN Adult Oncology)
- BCLS
- PALS (Required Depts.: ED; PACU; Endoscopy; IR; Peds ICU, and APNs Pediatric Oncology)
Responsibilities
- Conducts Nursing assessment based on interview, examination, observation and review of records of the patient
- Ensures that the patient’s progress, or lack of progress, is reflected in progress notes and in the revised care plans
- Discharge planning consistent with the patient’s status and reflects inter-departmental and inter-agency communication
- Communicates information to the patient based on the patient’s level of awareness and readiness to learn
- Supports orientation of new staff members by observing professional behaviors, providing feedback to the staff member and by acting as a preceptor, role model and a resource person
- Functions as a professional role model and mentor for students and volunteers.
- Patient care assignments reflecting an awareness of patient needs and skill level of personnel
- Organization of provision of care to meets priority needs of patients and unit
- Communicates condition of patients and unit requiring additional intervention to the leadership person in the relevant discipline
- Participates in the development of other staff members
- Communicates with peers in an appraisal of practice as it relates to self and other nursing personnel
- Reflects a collaborative effort in meeting the needs of the patient and unit through communication and nursing actions
- Provides direction, assistance and support
- Assumes accountability and responsibility for completion and quality of assigned tasks
- Identifies and communicates to immediate supervisor the need for further staff education
- Reflects awareness of authorities and responsibilities of nursing management levels by communication with nursing leadership
- Seeks and utilizes nursing leaders as role models and resource persons
- Reflects collaborative effort in meeting patient and unit needs by communication with other disciplines
- Reflects the philosophy, goals and objectives of the Department of Nursing and the Hospital Center in communication and interaction with families and other groups
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
