Staff Nurse - Inpatient Palliative - Mount Sinai Hospital -Per Diem Nights

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

3d•$86 - $86•Onsite

About The Position

The (Per Diem) Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others. The role delivers patient-centered inpatient palliative nursing care through the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and Mount Sinai’s Relationship Centered Care model. The nurse collaborates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team, supports patients and caregivers through education and care transitions, promotes quality and safety, documents care, and contributes to professional development and unit operations.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN), or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) with current matriculation in a BSN program and an expected graduation date within one year.
An ADN-prepared RN with nursing experience requires approval by the CNO.
Relevant clinical competence in the assigned area of nursing practice; new graduates must have current knowledge of the nursing process and its application.
Current New York State registered nurse license and registration.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).
Acute inpatient nursing experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care using the nursing process, research, evidence-based practice, approved nursing standards, and the Relationship Centered Care model.
Assess and evaluate patient care needs, apply critical thinking, and integrate relevant assessment and intervention skills.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
Prioritize patient care, including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and appropriate delegation.
Educate patients and caregivers about care plans, care transitions, health promotion, and disease prevention.
Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary team.
Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model and allocate material resources effectively.
Model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care practices, including admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and unit collaboration.
Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families, demonstrate empathy and active listening, and respond to concerns through service recovery and escalation when needed.
Conduct purposeful hourly rounding on assigned patients, addressing the 4 Ps.
Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, hazards, and opportunities for improvement.
Participate in process improvement, peer and institutional review, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, nursing research, and compliance measures.
Use high-reliability principles to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors and support a safe patient environment.
Document nursing practice accurately and thoroughly in institutional information technology systems and in accordance with hospital, regulatory, legal, and care standards.
Perform charge nurse duties when assigned.
Coordinate supply use and inventory with nursing leadership, and escalate material or staffing resource deficits.
Use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused and cost-effective manner.
Support colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team; maintain professional conduct and incorporate ethical principles into decision-making.
Advance clinical competence and acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the role, patient population, specialty, and community health needs.
Participate in shared decision-making through practice councils, nursing committees, and unit initiatives.
Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students; act as a charge nurse, patient throughput facilitator, or unit resource person as appropriate.
Promote scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, innovation, and the application of research and evidence-based practice; participate in professional nursing organizations.