Staff Nurse - NICU - Mount Sinai Hospital - Full Time Nights

Mount Sinai Health System • New York, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The 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. In the NICU, the nurse delivers patient-centered care through the nursing process and Mount Sinai’s Relationship Centered Care model, collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, educates patients and caregivers, and supports quality, safety, operational, and professional-development goals. The role may include charge nurse duties, patient throughput facilitation, and serving as a resource person, professional role model, and preceptor.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN), or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing (ADN) RN matriculated in a BSN program with graduation expected within the year. An ADN RN with nursing experience requires CNO approval.
• 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 from the American Heart Association.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
• At least 1 year of inpatient RN experience.

Nice To Haves

• NICU experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care using the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational standards.
• Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking and relevant clinical 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 the plan of care, transitions, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate professionally with patients, families, and members of the interdisciplinary care team.
• Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing Care Delivery Model and allocate material resources effectively.
• Role-model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care practices, including admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and MD/RN unit collaboration.
• Consider patients’ values, preferences, expressed needs, and knowledge; establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care and initiate service recovery, escalating concerns when needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening; conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding addressing the 4 Ps.
• Provide safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers, improvement opportunities, safety hazards, and gaps from best practice.
• Apply clinical skills and knowledge, institutional process-improvement strategies, high-reliability principles, and required quality and safety practices.
• Participate in peer and institutional review, quality-improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
• Document nursing practice accurately and thoroughly in institutional information systems and in compliance with hospital, regulatory, legal, and care standards.
• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned and coordinate supply use and inventory with clinical leadership.
• Escalate material or staffing resource deficits and use equipment, staffing, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused, cost-effective manner.
• Facilitate patient throughput during the shift.
• Support the care environment for colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team; advance clinical competence and maintain a professional image.
• Apply ethical principles in decision-making and encourage scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
• Develop knowledge and skills relevant to the role, patient population, specialty, and health community needs.
• Participate in shared decision-making through specialty practice councils, nursing committees, and unit initiatives.
• Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students, and advance clinical leadership through charge, throughput, and unit-resource roles.
• Articulate the value and application of research and evidence-based practice, and contribute to nursing through professional organizations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level