Staff Nurse - Critical Care

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to provide professional nursing care in an assigned unit. You will diagnose and treat responses to health problems using nursing methods such as case-finding, health teaching, counseling and supportive care to promote well-being.

Minimum qualifications include a NYS license and current BLS certification. ICU experience is highly preferred; post-licensure acute care experience is also valued.

Qualifications

• Current NYS license and registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
• Valid Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Identifies and discriminates signs and symptoms; selects essential therapeutic measures for nursing regimen.
• Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing regimen for patients.
• Records nursing care plans and progress notes for continuity of care.
• Interprets and reports responses to health team members.
• Partners with interdisciplinary health team to plan comprehensive patient care.
• Determines which components may be carried out by allied nursing personnel.
• Provides teaching and direction to allied nursing personnel in patient care.
• Maintains standards of nursing practice and participates in policy discussions.
• Participates in conferences affecting nursing practice and delivery of care.
• Contributes to evaluating nursing care, practices and personnel.

Skills

Nursing care

Case management

Health teaching

Care planning

Documentation

Education

NYS RN license

Job description

Duties & Responsibilities

Purpose of Position

Under supervision, provides professional nursing care to patients/clients within an assigned unit. Diagnoses and treats responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case-finding, health teaching, health counseling and provision of care supportive to and restorative of life and well-being.

Examples Of Typical Tasks

• Identifies and discriminates between physical and psycho-social signs and symptoms. Selects and performs those therapeutic measures which are essential for effective execution of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Develops, implements and continuously evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.
• Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.
• Interprets and reports responses of patients/clients to appropriate members of the health team.
• Participates with interdisciplinary health team members to plan a comprehensive patient care program.
• Determines and assigns those components of the nursing regimen which may be carried out by allied nursing personnel.
• Provides teaching, guidance and direction to allied nursing personnel in rendering patient care.
• Participates in defining, implementing, maintaining and interpreting standards of nursing practice.
• Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences pertaining to policies and procedures affecting nursing practice.
• Participates in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to the delivery of nursing care services.
• Participates in development and maintenance of a system of evaluation of nursing care, practices and
• procedures, including evaluation of nursing personnel.
• Interprets philosophy and objectives of agency and Nursing Department to patients/clients, families and other groups.
• Maintains professional competence through participation in continuing education and other appropriate learning experiences.
• Performs other professional nursing activities as delegated by nursing service administration.

Minimum Qualifications

• A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State; and
• Holds, or obtains through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).

Special Note

For assignments in Post-Acute Care ONLY, individuals meeting the following criteria may also be considered for appointment: Graduation from a nursing education program registered by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) as licensure qualifying for Registered Professional Nurse (RN) and has applied for licensure as an RN. These unlicensed individuals may be employed to practice under the immediate and personal supervision of a NYS licensed, currently registered, RN for up to 90 days immediately following graduation pending receipt of a limited permit, which selected candidates must apply for and receive within the same 90-day period. Once a limited permit is received, individuals can practice nursing, under the immediate and personal supervision of a NYS licensed, currently registered, RN at a NYC Health + Hospitals health care setting for up to one (1) year from the date of issuance of the limited permit. In addition, must hold or obtain through facility orientation, a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).

Department Preferences

• ICU Experience Highly Preferred.
• One year of post-licensure acute care experience preferred.