Staff Nurse - Med/Surg ICU

NYC Health + Hospitals; Hempfield Township (Westmoreland County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Queens Hospital Center, part of NYC Health + Hospitals, seeks a professional nurse to provide high-quality care on an assigned unit under supervision, using nursing methods to support life and wellbeing.

The role requires a valid NYS RN license, current registration, and BLS certification, with collaboration across an interdisciplinary health team to develop and implement comprehensive care plans and participate in continuing education to maintain competence.

Qualifications

• Valid New York State license and current registration as a Registered Professional Nurse in NYS.
• Holds or obtains through facility orientation a valid BLS certification from the American Heart Association.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional nursing care to patients/clients within an assigned unit under supervision.
• Diagnoses and treats responses to health problems using nursing methods and techniques.
• Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing regimen for patients/clients.
• Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes for continuity of care.
• Interprets and reports patient responses to the health team.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary health team to plan comprehensive patient care.
• Assigns components of the nursing regimen to allied nursing personnel as appropriate.
• Provides teaching and direction to allied nursing personnel in patient care.
• Participates in defining and maintaining standards of nursing practice.
• Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences on nursing policies and procedures.
• Contributes to evaluating and developing policies supporting nursing services.

Skills

Nursing

Education

New York State RN license

BLS certification

Job description

Marketing Statement

Queens Hospital Center is making good on its promise to the people of southeastern and central Queens to maximize both patient convenience and positive clinical outcomes. Residents of Queens can count on the delivery of quality medical care right in their own borough. In 2002 the hospital opened a state-of-the-art, 261-bed facility that includes the Queens Cancer Center, the first comprehensive cancer treatment center in the borough.

Marketing Statement

Queens Hospital Center is making good on its promise to the people of southeastern and central Queens to maximize both patient convenience and positive clinical outcomes. Residents of Queens can count on the delivery of quality medical care right in their own borough. In 2002 the hospital opened a state-of-the‑art, 261‑bed facility that includes the Queens Cancer Center, the first comprehensive cancer treatment center in the borough.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Duties & Responsibilities

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).