Staff Nurse-Medical Surgical Float Pool-Mount Sinai Hospital-Full Time Nights

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Dept Name: Med/Surg Float Team

Job Title: Clinical Nurse

Roles & Responsibilities:

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.

Patient Care
1. Delivers patient care by incorporating the tenets of the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and through the application of the nursing process based upon theory research evidencebased practice and approved organizational nursing standards.
2. Assesses and evaluates patient care needs and applies critical thinking skills in patient care management.
3. Integrates relevant assessment and intervention skills in the delivery of nursing care.
4. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the development implementation and evaluation of the plan of care.
5. Prioritizes all aspects of patient care including teaching rounding coaching and planning after hospital care and delegating to others as appropriate.
6. Educates patients and caregivers while anticipating needs and readiness to learn about their plan of care transition of care promotion of health and prevention of disease.
7. Communicates effectively and professionally with patients family and all members of the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team.
8. Manages assignments within the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing and demonstrates allocation of material resources effectively.
PATIENT EXPERIENCE
1. Role models the tenets of Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care (MSHRCC) through facilitation of the following actions including but not limited to Admission Welcome Bedside shift Report HELP (High Risk Medications Equipment Lines/Drains/Airway Pain and Plan of Care) AM/PM Care 5 Minute Sit Down Purposeful Hourly Rounding Medication Review Discharge Wrap Up and MD/RN Unit Collaboration.
2. Considers the patients values preferences cultural diversity expressed needs and knowledge in all aspects of care.
3. Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family.
4. Uses evidencebased practices to increase understanding of patients perceptions of care.
5. Initiates service recovery for patients and family members who have concerns and escalates to Clinical Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager/Nursing Shift Manager or Patient Relations as needed.
6. Demonstrates caring respect compassion empathy and active listening through dialogue body language and actions.
7. Supports staff use of evidencebased practices to increase understanding of patients perceptions of care.
8. Conducts Purposeful Hourly Rounding (PHR) on assigned patients addressing the 4 Ps.
QUALITY AND SAFETY

1. Practices safe and efficient patientcentered care identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement.
2. Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge crucial to quality and safety in the patient population served.
3. Implements process improvement strategies based on institutional evidencebased ensure and procedures.
4. Engages in formal and informal peer and institutional review processes.
5. Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to create and implement quality improvement projects evidencebased practice activities and nursing research studies.
6. Contributes to quality and safety practices and required compliance measures.
7. Implements principles of high reliability to identify and avoid high risk behaviors to provide a safe environment for patients.
8. Escalates potential safety hazards or gaps from best practice following institutional chain of command protocol.
9. Utilizes institutional information technology by documenting nursing practice to support quality and performance improvement initiatives.
4. OPERATIONS

1. Performs charge nurse duties as assigned.
2. Coordinates with the Clinical Coordinator/Clinical Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager/Nursing Shift Manager to ensure supplies are appropriately utilized and inventory is sufficient for patient care.
3. Escalates material or staffing resource deficits to charge nurse Clinical Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager or Nursing Shift Manager.
4. Demonstrates patient focused and cost effective approaches to patient care in terms of equipment staff supplies and all other resources.
5. Documents in an accurate and thorough manner in compliance with hospital regulatory and legal requirements and standards of care.
6. Facilitates patient throughput on shift basis.

Requirements:

• NYS RN with BSN and BCLS and ACLS with at least 2 years acute care med/surg nursing experience preferred. Strong new grad BSNs may be considered. National certification preferred.

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity equity and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care.When you join us you become a part of Mount Sinais unrivaled record of achievement education and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery education and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
• Serving as a role model confronting racist sexist or other inappropriate actions by speaking up challenging exclusionary organizational practices and standing sidebyside in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of antiracist behaviors among and between departments and coworkers

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued belong and are able to professionally advance. We share the belief that all employees regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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Who We Are

Over 42000 employees strong the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education research and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve. Formed in September 2013 The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospitals including Mount Sinai Beth Israel Mount Sinai Brooklyn The Mount Sinai Hospital Mount Sinai Queens Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt) Mount Sinai St. Lukes and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai. The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race creed color religion national origin sex gender gender expression gender identity age disability marital or parental status sexual orientation veteran immigration citizenship or other protected status.

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