About the position
NYU Langone Health is a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical center, known for its excellence in clinical care, research, and education. It comprises more than 200 locations throughout the New York area, including five inpatient locations, a children's hospital, three emergency rooms, and a level 1 trauma center. Also part of NYU Langone Health is the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. In this role, the successful candidate will carry out patient care responsibilities with emphasis on decision-making related to the steps in the nursing process to include assessment, diagnosis, identification of expected outcomes, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The Registered Nurse will provide competent, safe, and compassionate care based on established NYUHC Patient Care and Nursing Standards. As a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, the nurse will formulate the initial plan of care with the provider (physician or nurse practitioner) and collaborate with them to implement a comprehensive patient-centered plan of care to achieve expected outcomes; utilizing principles of assignment and delegation consistent with the NY State Nurse Practice Act.
Responsibilities
- Collects, assesses and documents patient healthcare data.
- Directs the patient/family and interdisciplinary team to identify a plan of care and outcomes that are realistic and measurable.
- Prioritizes care based upon data collected and documents assessment and reassessment in medical records.
- Analyzes unit level quality data and participates in improvement efforts to achieve organizational goals within the quality and safety performance improvement plan (QSPIP).
- Contributes to and utilizes the unit practice council (UPC) structure to critically appraise and influence practice.
- Adheres to patient care and nursing standards in care delivery, and uses clinical practice guidelines (CPG).
- Participates in standard development and practice evaluation.
- Engages in self-assessment and peer review; utilizes resources to meet individual learning needs and promote professional development in clinical practice.
- Serves as a support, resource and preceptor for nursing staff and students.
- Complies with annual education and mandatory/regulatory requirements.
- Organizes staff assignments to ensure appropriate delegation of activities.
- Demonstrates ability to differentiate those activities which are in scope of professional nursing practice, and those that may be delegated to ancillary staff.
- Complies with unit based and organizations professional standards, New York State Nurse Practice Act and regulations of relevant outside agencies.
- Analyzes achievement of and contributes to unit throughput efficiencies and metrics.
- Coordinates and directs unit activities to provide patient care in a healing, humane and caring environment.
- Evaluates the patient's progress towards expected outcomes and involves the patient/family and interdisciplinary team in the evaluation process.
- Recognizes changes in patient condition and responds to variations in patient's progress by modifying the interventions.
- Educates the patient/family regarding health status and established plan of care.
- Determines learning needs of the patient/family and implements an educational plan.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to modify expected outcomes and documents learning outcomes of patient/family.
- Directs the coordination of patient care in a safe, timely and appropriate manner.
Requirements
- Current Registered Professional Nurse in New York.
- Baccalaureate degree in Nursing required.
- Fluent written and spoken English language skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Membership in pertinent professional organizations preferred.
Benefits
- Salary range of $54.35 - $56.55 Hourly based on experience, specialty, education, and hospital need.
