STAFF NURSE - Med/Surg (Neurosciences) - Mount Sinai West - Full Time Day

Mount Sinai Health System; New York (NY); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking health system as a Staff Nurse in the Neurosciences unit. This role offers the opportunity to provide exceptional patient care through assessment, planning, and intervention. You'll collaborate with a dedicated care team, ensuring patients receive the highest quality of care while also mentoring new staff members. This position not only emphasizes critical thinking and communication but also fosters a supportive environment for professional growth. If you're passionate about making a difference in healthcare and thrive in a dynamic setting, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 1+ year of acute care RN experience required.
• Current New York State RN license or eligibility to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Conducts nursing assessments and ensures patient progress is documented.
• Supports new staff orientation and acts as a mentor.

Skills

Patient Care

Critical Judgment

Collaboration

Nursing Assessment

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing / BSN

Tools

BLS / BCLS certification

Job description

STAFF NURSE - Med/Surg (Neurosciences) - Mount Sinai West - Full Time Day

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Description

Staff Nurse - Med/Surg (Neurosciences) - Mount Sinai West - Full Time Day (7am to 7:30pm) - plus every other weekend. Responsible for the care activities and goal achievements of assigned patients by assessing, diagnosing, planning and intervening in actual or potential health problems and evaluating patient's response to care. Responsible health teaching and discharge planning. Acts as a member of a designated care team and collaborates, coordinates and guides team members in planning patient care activities. Demonstrates behaviors, which reflect the scientific knowledge, judgment and teaching skills of a professional nurse.

Responsibilities

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

Qualifications

• A capacity to learn, synthesize, make critical judgments, place patients and families first, and collaborate with team members who are recognized leaders within health care.
• At least one year of acute care RN experience required.
• Relevant clinical competence in area of nursing practice is critical for success.
• Medical / Surgical RN experience - Neurosciences preferred.
• BLS / BCLS certification required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing / BSN required for all Clinical RN positions.
• Current New York State Registered Nurse / RN license (or willingness and eligibility to obtain).

Employer Description

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 Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together.

Compensation

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $61.7647 - $61.7647 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Health Care Provider
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care