Staff Nurse - Inpatient Hematology Oncology - Mount Sinai Hospital - Full Time Nights

Mount Sinai Health System•New York, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent, quality care to a designated group of patients and their significant others, grounded in nursing theory and research. This position serves the inpatient hematology-oncology population at Mount Sinai Hospital on a full-time night schedule. The nurse delivers relationship-centered, evidence-based care across the nursing process; assesses patient needs; collaborates with the interdisciplinary care team; and supports patient and caregiver education, care transitions, and health promotion. The role also emphasizes an excellent patient experience, quality and safety, accurate documentation, efficient use of resources, patient throughput, and ongoing professional development. The nurse may perform charge nurse duties as assigned and serves as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, or an Associate’s Degree in Nursing with matriculation in a BSN program and an expected graduation date within one year; ADN nurses with nursing experience require 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 Registered Nurse license and registration in New York State.
Basic Life Saver (BCLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
One year of oncology RN experience or ICU/critical care experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver safe, competent, evidence-based patient care using the nursing process and organizational nursing standards.
Assess and evaluate patient care needs, apply critical thinking, and use relevant assessment and intervention skills.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
Prioritize patient care activities, including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and appropriate delegation.
Educate patients and caregivers about care plans, 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.
Model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care practices, including admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and unit collaboration.
Consider patients’ values, preferences, needs, and knowledge, and establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
Use evidence-based practices to understand patients’ perceptions of care and initiate service recovery, escalating concerns as needed.
Conduct purposeful hourly rounding and demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
Identify and escalate safety barriers, hazards, and opportunities for improvement; apply high-reliability principles and comply with safety measures.
Participate in quality improvement, evidence-based practice, nursing research, and peer or institutional review activities.
Document nursing practice accurately and thoroughly in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements.
Perform charge nurse duties as assigned and coordinate supply utilization and inventory needs with nursing leadership.
Escalate material or staffing resource deficits and use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources cost-effectively.
Facilitate patient throughput during the shift.
Support colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team; advance clinical competence and maintain professional conduct.
Apply ethical principles, pursue lifelong learning and scholarship, and acquire knowledge relevant to the role and specialty.
Participate in shared decision-making through specialty councils, committees, and unit initiatives.
Serve as a professional role model and preceptor, and contribute to nursing through professional organizations.