Staff Nurse - Inpatient Hematology Oncology - Mount Sinai Hospital - Full Time Nights
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, based on nursing theory and research. The role delivers patient-centered care using the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and organizational nursing standards, while collaborating with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate care plans. The nurse supports patient and caregiver education, therapeutic relationships, purposeful rounding, safe transitions of care, and patient experience initiatives. The position also contributes to quality and safety improvement, accurate clinical documentation, efficient use of supplies and staffing resources, patient throughput, and the professional development of colleagues. Responsibilities may include charge nurse duties, precepting new staff and students, participation in shared decision-making and nursing committees, and advancing clinical practice through inquiry and lifelong learning. This is a full-time night position in inpatient hematology oncology at Mount Sinai Hospital.
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 (BCLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
- One year of oncology RN experience or ICU/critical care experience.
Responsibilities
- Deliver patient care according to Relationship Centered Care, the nursing process, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational nursing standards.
- 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 patient care plans.
- Prioritize teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and delegation as appropriate.
- Educate patients and caregivers about care plans, transitions, health promotion, and disease prevention.
- Communicate effectively and 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 in all aspects of care and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
- Use evidence-based practices to understand patients’ perceptions of care and initiate service recovery, escalating concerns as needed.
- 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, hazards, and opportunities for improvement.
- Apply clinical skills and knowledge relevant to the patient population and contribute to quality, safety, and compliance practices.
- Participate in process improvement, peer and institutional review, quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
- Document nursing practice accurately and thoroughly in accordance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements.
- Perform charge nurse duties as assigned and coordinate supply use and inventory with unit 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 clinical colleagues, patients, families, and the healthcare team.
- Advance clinical competence, maintain role- and specialty-related knowledge, and incorporate ethical principles into decision-making.
- 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.
- Contribute to nursing through professional organizations and promote scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
