Travel Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse - $2,095 per week in Alpine, NJ

Certification Details
• BLS
• NYS RN License

Job Details
• Clinical Nurse is a Registered Professional Nurse providing safe, competent quality care based on nursing theory and research to a designated group of patients and significant others.
• Delivers patient care incorporating Relationship Centered Care and nursing process based on theory, research, evidence-based practice, and organizational nursing standards.
• Assesses and evaluates patient care needs applying critical thinking skills.
• Integrates relevant assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary healthcare team in plan of care development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Prioritizes patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, planning after hospital care, and delegating as appropriate.
• Educates patients and caregivers about plan of care, transition of care, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicates effectively and professionally with patients, family, and healthcare team members.
• Manages assignments within Modified Primary Nursing Care Delivery Model and allocates material resources effectively.
• Role models Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care through various patient care actions such as Admission Welcome, Bedside shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Medication Review, Discharge Wrap Up, and MD/RN Unit Collaboration.
• Considers patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs, and knowledge in care.
• Establishes and maintains therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Uses evidence-based practices to understand patients' perceptions of care.
• Initiates service recovery for patient and family concerns and escalates as needed.
• Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
• Supports staff use of evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions.
• Conducts Purposeful Hourly Rounding 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 patient population.
• Implements process improvement strategies based on institutional and evidence-based procedures.
• Engages in peer and institutional review processes.
• Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams on quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
• Contributes to quality and safety practices and compliance measures.
• Implements high reliability principles to avoid high risk behaviors and provide safe environment.
• Escalates potential safety hazards or gaps following institutional chain of command.
• Utilizes institutional information technology for nursing documentation supporting quality and performance improvement.
• Performs charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinates with Clinical Coordinator/Managers to ensure appropriate supply utilization and inventory.
• Escalates material or staffing resource deficits to appropriate management.
• Demonstrates patient-focused and cost-effective approaches to patient care resources.
• Documents accurately and thoroughly in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal standards.
• Facilitates patient throughput on shift basis.
• Contributes to environment of care supporting clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team.
• Advances clinical competence from novice to expert.
• Projects professional image and communicates with caring, respect, compassion, and empathy.
• Incorporates ethical principles into decision making for patient and family.
• Encourages spirit of scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
• Acquires knowledge and skills relevant to role, patient population, clinical specialty, and health community needs.
• Participates in shared decision making through specialty practice councils, nursing committees, and unit initiatives.

Job Requirements
• NYS Registered Nurse (RN) License required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Minimum 2 years of Medical Unit experience required.
• Minimum 2 years RN experience required.
• Epic electronic health record experience highly preferred.

Schedule Information
• 3x12 hour shifts schedule.
• Weekends required.

Unit Specific Information
• 6W Medicine Unit - Medical Surgical Unit.
• Focus on medicine patients.
• Modified Primary Nursing Care Delivery Model.
• Charge nurse duties may be assigned.

Additional Details
• Unit: 6W Medicine Unit - Mount Sinai St. Luke's.
• Average Unit Census: 22 patients.
• Unit has 29 beds.
• Staffing guidelines: 1 nurse to 6 patients.
• Prior travel experience required for travel positions (minimum 1 year).
• Prior travel experience not required for Per Diem positions.