Staff Nurse- Operating Room - Mount Sinai Hospital -11AM-9:30PM- Full-Time ( 4 days, and on call weekends)

Mount Sinai Health Systems•New York, NY

12d•$65 - $65

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. This role is in the Operating Room at Mount Sinai Hospital and is scheduled for 11:00 AM–9:30 PM, four days per week, with weekend on-call responsibilities. The nurse provides patient-centered care using the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and the nursing process, collaborates with the interdisciplinary team, educates patients and caregivers, and supports safe, efficient care delivery. The role also contributes to patient experience, quality and safety, unit operations, and professional development, including serving as a role model and preceptor as appropriate.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN), or an Associate’s degree in Nursing (ADN) with matriculation in a BSN program and expected graduation within one year. An ADN-prepared 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 (BCLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

Operating room experience.

Responsibilities

Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, research, evidence-based practice, and organizational nursing standards.
Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking and 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, transitions of care, health promotion, and disease prevention.
Communicate professionally and effectively with patients, families, and 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, expressed needs, and knowledge in all aspects of care, and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care, initiate service recovery when needed, and escalate concerns appropriately.
Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening; conduct purposeful hourly rounding on assigned patients 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 processes, high-reliability principles, and required compliance measures to support quality and safety.
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 utilization and inventory with nursing leadership.
Escalate material or staffing resource deficits and use equipment, staff, supplies, and other resources in a patient-focused, cost-effective manner.
Facilitate patient throughput during the shift.
Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team; advance clinical competence and maintain a professional image.
Incorporate ethical principles into decisions and foster scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the role, patient population, specialty, and community health 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 resource roles.
Promote research and evidence-based practice in nursing and participate in professional organizations.