RN - CSICU

Pay Rate: $58 - $63 per hour

Shift Timings: DAY 7:00am-7:30pm, EOW

Summary:

• 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.

Responsibilities:

• Deliver 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.
• Assess and evaluate patient care needs and apply critical thinking skills in patient care management.
• Integrate relevant assessment and intervention skills in the delivery of nursing care.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care.
• Prioritize all aspects of patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, and planning “after hospital care” and delegating to others as appropriate.
• Educate patients and caregivers about their plan of care, transition of care, promotion of health, and prevention of disease.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, family, and all members of the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team.
• Manage assignments within the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing and demonstrate allocation of material resources effectively.
• Role model the tenets of Relationship Centered Care through various patient care actions.
• Establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship with the patient and family.
• Use evidence-based practices to increase understanding of patients’ perceptions of care.
• Initiate service recovery for patients and family members who have concerns.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening through dialogue, body language, and actions.
• Practice safe and efficient patient-centered care, identifying and escalating barriers and opportunities for improvement.
• Implement process improvement strategies based on institutional, evidence-based procedures.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to create and implement quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research studies.
• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate with the Clinical Coordinator/Clinical Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager/Nursing Shift Manager to ensure supplies are appropriately utilized and inventory is sufficient for patient care.
• Document in an accurate and thorough manner in compliance with hospital, regulatory, and legal requirements and standards of care.
• Facilitate patient throughput on shift basis.
• Contribute to the environment of care to support clinical colleagues, patients, and their families and members of the healthcare team.
• Advance clinical competence in nursing practice to progress from novice to expert.
• Project a professional image to colleagues and communicate with styles and methods that demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, and empathy.
• Incorporate ethical principles into decision making for patient and family.
• Encourage and demonstrate a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, life-long learning, and innovation for self and others.

Requirements:

• NYS RN License
• BLS certification
• Minimum 2 years of Post Open Heart and Cardiac Care Unit experience
• Minimum 2 years RN experience
• 1 year travel experience for Travel positions, not required for Per Diem positions

Preferred Skills:

• EPIC experience highly preferred
• Bachelor of Science with a major in nursing preferred; Associate degree in nursing considered only with relevant experience and/or active matriculation in a BSN Program