Job Description
Job Description
Certification Details
- BLS
- CRRN Med/Surg
- NYS RN License
Job Details
- Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse providing safe, competent quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others.
- Delivers patient care incorporating Relationship Centered Care and nursing process based on theory, research, evidence-based practice, and organizational nursing standards.
- Assesses and evaluates patient care needs applying critical thinking in patient care management.
- Integrates relevant assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare team in plan of care development, implementation, and evaluation.
- Prioritizes patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, planning after hospital care, and delegating as appropriate.
- Educates patients and caregivers about plan of care, transition of care, health promotion, and disease prevention.
- Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, family, and healthcare team members.
- Manages assignments within Modified Primary Nursing Care Delivery Model and allocates material resources effectively.
- Role models Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care through various patient care actions such as Admission Welcome, Bedside shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Medication Review, Discharge Wrap Up, and MD/RN Unit Collaboration.
- Considers patient's values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs, and knowledge in care.
- Establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
- Uses evidence-based practices to understand patients' perceptions of care.
- Initiates service recovery for patient and family concerns and escalates as needed.
- Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
- Supports staff use of evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions.
- Conducts Purposeful Hourly Rounding addressing the 4 Ps.
- Practices safe and efficient patient-centered care, identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement.
- Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge crucial to quality and safety in patient population served.
- Implements process improvement strategies based on institutional and evidence-based procedures.
- Engages in peer and institutional review processes.
- Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
- Contributes to quality and safety practices and compliance measures.
- Implements high reliability principles to avoid high risk behaviors and provide safe environment.
- Escalates potential safety hazards or gaps following institutional chain of command.
- Utilizes institutional information technology for nursing documentation supporting quality and performance improvement.
- Performs charge nurse duties as assigned.
- Coordinates with management to ensure appropriate supply utilization and inventory for patient care.
- Escalates material or staffing resource deficits to appropriate management.
- Demonstrates patient-focused and cost-effective approaches to patient care resources.
- Documents accurately and thoroughly in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
- Facilitates patient throughput on shift basis.
- Contributes to environment of care supporting clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team.
- Advances clinical competence in nursing practice from novice to expert.
- Projects professional image and communicates with caring, respect, compassion, and empathy.
- Incorporates ethical principles into decision making for patient and family.
- Encourages and demonstrates scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
- Acquires knowledge and skills relative to role, patient population, clinical specialty, and health community needs.
- Participates in shared decision making through specialty practice councils, nursing department committees, and unit initiatives.
Job Requirements
- NYS RN License required.
- BLS certification required.
- CRRN Med/Surg certification required.
- Minimum 2 years rehab and med/surg experience required.
- Minimum 2 years RN experience required.
- 1 year travel experience required for Travel positions (not required for Per Diem positions).
- EPIC experience highly preferred.
Schedule Information
- 3x12 hour shifts schedule.
- Weekends required.
Additional Details
- Med Surg/Rehab Unit - Mount Sinai West
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Shift work, Weekend work,