Description
Strength Through Diversity
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The Mount Sinai Health System
Department of Emergency Nursing
Job Title: Staff Nurse
Roles & Responsibilities:
- The Staff Nurse – Emergency Department 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.
- As a Staff Nurse – Emergency Department, you will be responsible for managing the care of the patients coming for treatment in the Emergency Room.
- Assists in development, implementation, and evaluation of standards of care and nursing professional practice in collaboration with the interdisciplinary care team and in accordance with institutional policies and regulatory agency requirements.
- Assesses and evaluates patient needs for, and responses to, care rendered and applies sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions.
- Provides direct, continuous care for a specific caseload of patients through application of the nursing process - based upon theory, research, and approved Department of Nursing and institutional standards.
- Coordinates patient care activities, based on established priorities, including teaching, rounding, counseling, and discharge planning, and directs/delegates appropriately to members of the health care team.
- This position reports directly to the Emergency Department Nurse Manager.
Requirements:
- A capacity to learn, synthesize, make critical judgments, place patients and families first, and collaborate with team members who are recognized leaders within health care.
- At least one year of acute care RN experience required; extraordinary New Graduate RNs will be considered.
- 2 years of Medical/Surgical or Telemetry RN experience preferred.
- 2 years of Emergency Department experience preferred.
- BLS/BCLS and ACLS/PALS certifications required.
- TNCC certification preferred.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing/BSN required for all Clinical RN positions. Exception: Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing graduates considered for identified specialized areas of practice; Current matriculation in a BSN program with graduation date within one year of hire is required for consideration.
- Current New York State Registered Nurse/RN license (or willingness and eligibility to obtain).
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home - culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together.
Who We Are
Over 42,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.
Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospital campuses.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and we work to make our employees feel valued and appreciated, whatever their race, gender, background, or sexual orientation.
EOE including Veterans and Disabled
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