Travel Med/Surg Rehab Registered Nurse

Company: Mount Sinai Health System - 1000 10th Ave
Location: New York City
Posted on: January 14, 2026

Job Description:

Job Description Certification Details - BLS - CRRN Med/Surg - 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 in patient care management. - 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 interdisciplinary 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, HELP AM/PM Care, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Medication Review, Discharge Wrap Up, and MD/RN Unit Collaboration. - Considers patient's 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 patients' perceptions of care. - 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 served. - Implements process improvement strategies based on institutional, 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 principles of high reliability to avoid high risk behaviors and provide a 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 management to ensure appropriate supply utilization and inventory for patient care. - 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 requirements and standards of care. - Facilitates patient throughput on shift basis. - Contributes to environment of care supporting clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members. - Advances clinical competence in nursing practice 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 and demonstrates scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation. - Acquires knowledge and skills relative to role, patient population, clinical specialty, and health community needs. - Participates in shared decision making through specialty practice councils, nursing department committees, and unit initiatives. Job Requirements - NYS RN License required. - BLS certification required. - CRRN Med/Surg certification required. - Minimum 2 years rehab and med/surg experience required. - Minimum 2 years RN experience required. - 1 year travel experience required for Travel positions (not required for Per Diem positions). - EPIC experience highly preferred. Schedule Information - 3x12 hour shifts schedule. - Weekends required. Unit Specific Information - Med Surg/Rehab Unit - Average Unit Census = 18 - 24 Beds in Unit - Staffing Guidelines = 1:6 Additional Details - Med Surg/Rehab Unit - Mount Sinai West - Average Unit Census = 18 - 24 Beds in Unit - Staffing Guidelines = 1:6

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