Staff Nurse- Operating Room - Mount Sinai Hospital -11AM-9:30PM- Full-Time ( 4 days, and on call weekends)

Mount Sinai Hospital is seeking a Staff Nurse for the Operating Room on an 11 AM to 9:30 PM schedule. This is a full-time position working 4 days per week with on-call weekend responsibilities. You will deliver safe, competent, quality patient care based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice within the Operating Room setting.

Responsibilities

• Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking skills in patient care management
• Deliver patient care incorporating the tenets of Relationship Centered Care and the nursing process
• Integrate relevant assessment and intervention skills in the delivery of nursing care
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care
• Prioritize all aspects of patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, and planning after hospital care
• Educate patients and caregivers about their plan of care, transition of care, health promotion, and disease prevention
• Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, family, and all members of the interdisciplinary patient care team
• Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model and demonstrate effective allocation of material resources
• Role model Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care through facilitation of admission welcome, bedside shift report, HELP protocol, AM/PM care, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap up, and MD/RN unit collaboration
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families
• Conduct purposeful hourly rounding on assigned patients
• Practice safe and efficient patient-centered care, identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement
• Implement process improvement strategies based on institutional evidence-based procedures
• Engage in formal and informal peer and institutional review processes
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to create and implement quality improvement projects and evidence-based practice activities
• Contribute to quality and safety practices and required compliance measures
• Implement principles of high reliability to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors
• Escalate potential safety hazards or gaps from best practice following institutional chain of command protocol
• Utilize institutional information technology by documenting nursing practice to support quality and performance improvement initiatives
• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned
• Coordinate with clinical leadership to ensure supplies are appropriately utilized and inventory is sufficient
• Escalate material or staffing resource deficits to appropriate leadership
• Demonstrate patient-focused and cost-effective approaches to patient care
• Document in an accurate and thorough manner in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements
• Facilitate patient throughput on a shift basis
• Contribute to the environment of care to support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members
• Advance clinical competence in nursing practice
• Project a professional image and communicate with styles and methods that demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, and empathy
• Incorporate ethical principles into decision making
• Encourage and demonstrate a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation
• Acquire knowledge and skills relative to the role, patient population, clinical specialty, and local and global health community needs
• Participate in shared decision making through specialty practice councils, nursing department committees, and unit initiatives
• Serve as a professional role model and preceptor for new staff and students
• Advance as a clinical leader through acting in the charge role and serving as a resource person for the unit
• Articulate the values of research and evidence-based practice and its application to nursing practice
• Contribute to the profession of nursing through participation in professional organizations

Required Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited nursing program with either a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) or Associate's Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• For ADN graduates: either matriculation in a BSN program with graduation date within the year, or nursing experience (which requires approval by the Chief Nursing Officer)
• Current registration as a registered nurse in New York State
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA)
• Relevant clinical competence in nursing practice; new graduates must possess current knowledge of the nursing process and its application

Preferred Qualifications

• Operating room experience

Schedule

• 11 AM to 9:30 PM
• 4 days per week
• On-call weekend responsibilities

Compensation

• Hourly rate: $64.85
• Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and operational need
• Salary range does not include bonuses, incentive pay, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits

Union

• Collective bargaining unit: NYSNA-MSH