[3 Days Left] Travel SICU/MICU Registered Nurse (Contract)

Company: Mount Sinai Health System - 1111 Amsterdam Ave
Location: New York City
Posted on: October 31, 2025

Job Description:

Job Description Certification Details - BLS - ACLS - NYS RN License Job Details - 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. - 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. - Role models the tenets of Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care (MSHRCC) through facilitation of actions including 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 management 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. - 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 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 Certification - ACLS Certification - Minimum 2 years RN experience - 2 years of ICU Med Surg experience - 1 year travel experience for Travel positions (not required for Per Diem positions) - EPIC experience highly preferred Schedule Information - 3x12 Schedule with weekends required Unit Specific Information - 7E SICU/MICU Unit - Average Unit Census = 17 - 24 Beds in Unit - Staffing Guidelines 1:2 Additional Details - 7E SICU/MICU Unit - Mount Sinai St. Luke's - Performs charge nurse duties as assigned. - Coordinates with management to ensure supplies are appropriately utilized and inventory is sufficient for patient care. - Escalates material or staffing resource deficits to charge nurse or management. - 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. - 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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