About the Role
Responsible for patient care activities and goal achievements by assessing, diagnosing, planning, intervening, and evaluating patient responses to care.
Responsibilities
- Conducts nursing assessments based on interview, examination, observation, and review of patient records.
- Ensures patient progress is reflected in progress notes and revised care plans.
- Performs discharge planning consistent with patient status and inter-departmental communication.
- Communicates information to patients based on their level of awareness and readiness to learn.
- Supports orientation of new staff by observing professional behaviors, providing feedback, and acting as a preceptor, role model, and resource.
- Functions as a professional role model and mentor for students and volunteers.
- Manages patient care assignments reflecting an awareness of patient needs and personnel skill levels.
- Organizes the provision of care to meet priority needs of patients and the unit.
- Communicates patient and unit conditions requiring additional intervention to leadership.
- Participates in the development of other staff members.
- Communicates with peers to appraise practice related to self and other nursing personnel.
- Demonstrates a collaborative effort in meeting patient and unit needs through communication and nursing actions.
- Provides direction, assistance, and support.
- Assumes accountability and responsibility for the completion and quality of assigned tasks.
- Identifies and communicates the need for further staff education to immediate supervisor.
- Demonstrates awareness of nursing management authorities and responsibilities by communicating with nursing leadership.
- Seeks and utilizes nursing leaders as role models and resource persons.
- Reflects collaborative effort in meeting patient and unit needs by communicating with other disciplines.
- Reflects the philosophy, goals, and objectives of the Department of Nursing and the Hospital Center in communication and interaction with families and other groups.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited Nursing program.
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or active matriculation in a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Program preferred.
- Documented previous experience or educational preparation to support credentials.
- Special skills/experience may be required in specialized areas.
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program Certificate (Required Depts.: L&D, NICU) issued by American Heart Association.
- ACLS (Required Depts.: ED; PACU/ASU; ICUs; Telemetry Units; SDU; IR, Interventional Cardiology (CCL/EP/Echo); L&D; Endoscopy, and APN Adult Oncology) issued by American Heart Association.
- BCLS issued by American Heart Association.
- PALS (Required Depts.: ED; PACU; IR; Peds ICU, and APNs Pediatric Oncology) issued by American Heart Association.
- Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSBI-RN
Location
- New York metro area
Work Type
- Full-time
Education Level
- Graduation from an accredited Nursing program
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or active matriculation in a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing Program preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $61.8296 - $61.8296 Hourly
About the Company
- The Mount Sinai Health System is committed to fostering an environment where everyone can contribute to excellence.
- We share a common dedication to delivering outstanding patient care.
- When you join us, you become part of Mount Sinai’s unparalleled legacy of achievement, education, and innovation as we work together to transform healthcare.
- We encourage all team members to actively participate in creating a culture that ensures fair access to opportunities, promotes inclusive practices, and supports the success of every individual.
- At Mount Sinai, our leaders are committed to fostering a workplace where all employees feel valued, respected, and empowered to grow.
- We strive to create an environment where collaboration, fairness, and continuous learning drive positive change, improving the well-being of our staff, patients, and organization.
- Our leaders are expected to challenge outdated practices, promote a culture of respect, and work toward meaningful improvements that enhance patient care and workplace experiences.
- We are dedicated to building a supportive and welcoming environment where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and advance professionally.
- Explore this opportunity and be part of the next chapter in our history.
- Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education.
- Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.
- Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment.
- The Health System includes more than 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers.
- We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics, top 5 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, and top 20 in Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology.
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology.
- U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties.
- The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 11 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
- Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
Equal Opportunity
- The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer, complying with all applicable federal civil rights laws.
- We do not discriminate, exclude, or treat individuals differently based on race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- We are deeply committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve feel respected and supported.
- Our goal is to create a healthcare and learning institution that actively works to remove barriers, address challenges, and promote fairness in all aspects of our organization.
