RN ICU (JR229598)

Montefiore Mount Vernon; City of Mount Vernon (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Montefiore Mount Vernon is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to join our inpatient team. You will provide holistic nursing care, interpret physician orders, and coordinate with the health care team to support patients and families.

The role requires NY RN licensure, BLS/ACLS, and 1–3 years of clinical experience. Strong communication, documentation, and adherence to HIPAA and infection control standards are essential.

Qualifications

• NY RN licensure and BLS/ACLS certification required.
• 1–3 years of clinical hospital experience.
• Infection control knowledge and HIPAA awareness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Ability to build comprehensive nursing reports.

Responsibilities

• Provide patient care by reviewing physician orders and communicating the nursing care plan to the team.
• Develop and implement nursing care plans and interventions.
• Educate patients and families on conditions, medications, and self-care.
• Document care activities and monitor patient progress.
• Maintain infection control, safety, and quality standards.

Skills

Communication skills

Assessment ability

Report writing

HIPAA knowledge

Infection control

Regulatory compliance

Education

AS

BSN

Job description

Introduction

To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve.

Overview

Delivers Nursing Care by developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends to understand patient conditions, medications, and self-care skills; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives.

For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

Responsibilities

• Provides patient care by reviewing physician prescriptions; communicating the nursing care plan and all pertinent information to other members of the health care team; coordinating with other healthcare providers; providing physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, families, and friends; conferring with physicians.


• Develops nursing care plans by obtaining medical histories; examining patients; documenting patient physical condition, psychological status, and influencing social factors; conferring with family and friends; developing a nursing diagnosis; establishing nursing care objectives; defining nursing interventions, schedules, and timetables.


• Teaches healthcare requirements by establishing patient care goals; instructing patient, family, and friends to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; answering questions; providing information and resources.


• Evaluates patient care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care standards; reviewing patient records; noting changing conditions and needs; re-evaluating care objectives; modifying nursing care plan.

• Assures quality care by adhering to professional standards, healthcare organization policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) standards; maintaining cooperative relationships among healthcare team members.


• Maintains safe, secure, and healthy patient care environment by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations; adhering to organization standards and policies, and to legal regulations; alerting others regarding potential concerns.


• Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records.


• Protects healthcare organization value by keeping information confidential; cautioning others regarding potential breaches.


• Keeps patient care equipment operating by following operating instructions and established procedures; troubleshooting breakdowns; maintaining supplies; performing preventive maintenance; calling for repairs.


• Keeps patient care supplies ready by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt; stocking items.


• Improves nursing job knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.


• Contributes to nursing and healthcare organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others achieve job results.

Requirements

• AS Required


• BSN Preferred


• 1-3 years Experience working in a clinical environment.


• BLS/ACLS Certification through the AHA


• Infection Control Certification


• Knowledge of patient rights and laws relative to those rights, such as HIPAA


• Ability is required to perform assessments and nursing functions as acquired in the basic nursing preparation program


• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal


• Ability to build comprehensive reports and effectively convey information to others.


• Registered Nurse New York State Licensure Required