Travel Nurse RN - ICU - Intensive Care Unit - $2,347 per week
Company: Mount Sinai Health System - 1000 10th Ave
Location: New York
Posted on: October 25, 2024
Job Description:
- Certification Details
- NYS RN License
- BLS, ACLS
- Job Details
- ICU - Mount Sinai Hospital Summary: 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.
- Essential Duties and Responsibilities: PATIENT CARE 1. 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.
- PATIENT EXPERIENCE 1. Role models the tenets of Mount Sinai
Relationship Centered Care (MSHRCC) through facilitation of the
following actions including, but not limited to, 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 Clinical Nurse Manager/Assistant
Nurse Manager/Nursing Shift Manager or Patient Relations 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.
- QUALITY AND SAFETY 1. 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 ensure and 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.
- Job Requirements
- NYS RN License
- BLS, ACLS
- 2 years of critical care/tele experience
- Minimum 2 years RN experience
- 1 year travel experience for Travel positions, not required for
Per Diem positions
- EPIC experience highly preferred
- Schedule Information
- Schedule 3x12, every other weekend, variable shifts
- Unit Specific Information
- Avg Unit Census = 8
- 8 Beds per Unit
- Staffing Guidelines = 1:2
- Additional Details
- ICU - Mount Sinai Hospital Duties Continued... OPERATIONS 1.
Performs charge nurse duties as assigned.
- Coordinates with the Clinical Coordinator/Clinical Nurse
Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager/Nursing Shift Manager to ensure
supplies are appropriately utilized and inventory is sufficient for
patient care.
- Escalates material or staffing resource deficits to charge
nurse, Clinical Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager or Nursing
Shift Manager.
- 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.
- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1. 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.
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