Staff Nurse-Operating Room

NYC Health + Hospitals; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, affiliated with NYU School of Medicine, renowned for its comprehensive care across adult, paediatric, psychiatric, and neonatal services.

Under supervision, provides professional nursing care to patients in an assigned unit, diagnosing and treating health problems with nursing methods and education to restore health and well-being.

Qualifications

• Valid New York State license and current registration to practise as an RN in NYS.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association is required.
• One year RN experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care to patients/clients within an assigned unit.
• Diagnose and treat health problems by nursing methods, teaching and counseling.
• Develop, implement and evaluate the nursing regimen for patients.
• Maintain nursing care plans and progress notes to ensure continuity of care.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary health team to plan patient care.
• Supervise and guide allied nursing personnel in patient care tasks.
• Contribute to standards of nursing practice and policy discussions.
• Participate in departmental/interdisciplinary meetings and program development.

Skills

RN license

BLS certification

Experience preferred

Job description

Marketing Statement

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America’s oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral centre for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 700,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Centre delivering around-the-clock care in adult, paediatric, psychiatric and paediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue’s clinical centres of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Centre and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children’s Psychiatric Emergency Programme; and Cancer Services.

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

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 counselling 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 programme.


• 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 licence and current registration to practise 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 programme 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 practise 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 practise 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

One year previous RN experience preferred.