Travel Ambulatory Care Registered Nurse - $2,380 per week

Mount Sinai Health System - 1176 5th Ave; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Clinical Nurse to provide exceptional patient care in a fast-paced ambulatory environment. This role emphasizes the importance of relationship-centered care, where you will collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to ensure the highest quality of care. You will utilize your critical thinking skills to assess patient needs and implement effective care strategies. If you are passionate about nursing and committed to patient advocacy, this opportunity offers a chance to grow your clinical skills while making a meaningful impact on patients' lives.

Qualifications

• Registered Professional Nurse providing quality care based on nursing theory.
• Collaborates with healthcare teams for patient care management.

Responsibilities

• Delivers patient care through evidence-based practices.
• Educates patients and families about care plans and health promotion.

Skills

Patient Care

Critical Thinking

Communication

Evidence-Based Practice

Relationship Centered Care

Education

NYS RN / LPN License

2 years of ambulatory experience

Minimum 2 years RN / LPN experience

Tools

EPIC

Job description

• The Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse who provides safe, competent quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others.
• Delivers patient care by incorporating the tenets of the professional practice model of Relationship Centered Care and through the application of the nursing process based upon theory, research, evidence-based practice, and approved organizational nursing standards.
• Assesses and evaluates patient care needs and applies critical thinking skills in patient care management.
• Integrates relevant assessment and intervention skills in the delivery of nursing care.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care.
• Prioritizes all aspects of patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, and planning “after hospital care” and delegating to others as appropriate.
• Educates patients and caregivers while anticipating needs and readiness to learn, about their plan of care, transition of care, promotion of health, and prevention of disease.
• Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, family and all members of the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team.
• Manages assignments within the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing and demonstrates allocation of material resources effectively.
• Role models the tenets of Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care (MSHRCC) through facilitation of actions including Admission Welcome, Bedside shift Report, HELP (High Risk Medications, Equipment, Lines / Drains / Airway, Pain and Plan of Care) AM / PM Care, 5 Minute Sit Down, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Medication Review, Discharge Wrap Up, and MD / RN Unit Collaboration.
• Considers the patient's values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs and knowledge in all aspects of care.
• Establishes and maintains a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family.
• Uses evidence-based practices to increase understanding of patients' perceptions of care.
• Initiates service recovery for patients and family members who have concerns and escalates to management as needed.
• Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy and active listening through dialogue, body language and actions.
• Supports staff use of evidence-based practices to increase understanding of patients' perceptions of care.
• Conducts Purposeful Hourly Rounding (PHR) on assigned patients addressing the 4 Ps.
• Practices safe and efficient patient-centered care, identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge crucial to quality and safety in the patient population served.
• Implements process improvement strategies based on institutional, evidence-based procedures.
• Engages in formal and informal peer and institutional review processes.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to create and implement quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities and nursing research studies.
• Contributes to quality and safety practices and required compliance measures.
• Implements principles of high reliability to identify and avoid high risk behaviors to provide a safe environment for patients.
• Escalates potential safety hazards or gaps from best practice following institutional chain of command protocol.
• Utilizes institutional information technology by documenting nursing practice to support quality and performance improvement initiatives.
• Performs charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinates with management to ensure supplies are appropriately utilized and inventory is sufficient for patient care.
• Escalates material or staffing resource deficits to management.
• Demonstrates patient focused and cost effective approaches to patient care in terms of equipment, staff, supplies and all other resources.
• Documents in an accurate and thorough manner in compliance with hospital, regulatory and legal requirements and standards of care.
• Facilitates patient throughput on shift basis.
• Contributes to the environment of care to support clinical colleagues, patients and their families and members of the healthcare team.
• Advances clinical competence in nursing practice to progress from novice to expert.
• Projects a professional image to colleagues and communicates with styles and methods that demonstrate caring, respect, compassion and empathy.
• Incorporates ethical principles into decision making for patient and family.
• Encourages and demonstrates a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, life-long learning and innovation for self and others.
• Acquires knowledge and skills relative to the role, patient population, clinical specialty and local and / or global health community needs.
• Participates in shared decision making through specialty practice councils, nursing department committees and unit initiatives.

Job Requirements

• NYS RN / LPN License
• 2 years of ambulatory experience
• Minimum 2 years RN / LPN experience
• 1 year travel experience for Travel positions, not required for Per Diem positions
• EPIC experience highly preferred

Schedule Information

• Schedule 3x12
• Ambulatory Care Nursing - Mount Sinai Hospital Duties Continued...