OR Staff Nurse: Expert Surgical Care & Team Lead

Mount Sinai; New York (NY); On-site; USD 101,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY seeks a registered nurse to manage care activities for assigned patients, plan interventions, and evaluate responses. You will collaborate with a designated care team, guide colleagues, and model professional nursing behavior to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.

The role emphasizes patient education, discharge planning, and leadership of staff, with opportunities to mentor students and new hires while coordinating inter-departmental care.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited Nursing program.
• 2 years Operating Room experience required.
• Licensed and currently registered to practice as a professional nurse in New York State
• BLS certification required.

Responsibilities

• 1. Conducts Nursing assessment based on interview, examination, observation and review of records of the patient
• 2. Ensures that the patients progress, or lack of progress, is reflected in progress notes and in the revised care plans
• 3. Discharge planning consistent with the patient's status and reflects inter-departmental and inter-agency communication
• 4. Communicates information to the patient based on the patient's level of awareness and readiness to learn
• 5. Supports orientation of new staff members by observing professional behaviors, providing feedback to the staff member and by acting as a preceptor, role model and a resource person
• 6. Functions as a professional role model and mentor for students and volunteers.
• 7. Patient care assignments reflecting an awareness of patient needs and skill level of personnel
• 8. Organization of provision of care to meets priority needs of patients and unit
• 9. Communicates condition of patients and unit requiring additional intervention to the leadership person in the relevant discipline
• 10. Participates in the development of other staff members
• 11. Communicates with peers in an appraisal of practice as it relates to self and other nursing personnel
• 12. Reflects a collaborative effort in meeting the needs of the patient and unit through communication and nursing actions
• 13. Provides direction, assistance and support
• 14. Assumes accountability and responsibility for completion and quality of assigned tasks
• 15. Identifies and communicates to immediate supervisor the need for further staff education
• 16. Reflects awareness of authorities and responsibilities of nursing management levels by communication with nursing leadership
• 17. Seeks and utilizes nursing leaders as role models and resource persons
• 18. Reflects collaborative effort in meeting patient and unit needs by communication with other disciplines
• 19. Reflects the philosophy, goals and objectives of the Department of Nursing and the Hospital Center in communication and interaction with families and other groups

Skills

Nursing assessment

Discharge planning

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Mount Sinai Health System in New York, NY seeks a registered nurse to manage care activities for assigned patients, plan interventions, and evaluate responses. You will collaborate with a designated care team, guide colleagues, and model professional nursing behavior to ensure high-quality patient outcomes.

The role emphasizes patient education, discharge planning, and leadership of staff, with opportunities to mentor students and new hires while coordinating inter-departmental care.