Travel Rehabilitation RN (Ventilator Care)

Job Description

Certification Details
• BLS
• NYS RN License

Job Details
• 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 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 through facilitation of 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 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.
• 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 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.

Job Requirements
• NYS RN License required.
• BLS certification required.
• Minimum 2 years of rehabilitation nursing experience.
• Minimum 2 years of mechanical ventilation experience.
• Minimum 2 years RN experience overall.
• 1 year travel experience required for Travel positions (not required for Per Diem positions).
• EPIC experience highly preferred.

Schedule Information
• Schedule: 3 shifts of 12 hours each (3x12).
• Average unit census is 21 patients.
• 25 beds per unit.

Unit Specific Information
• Unit focuses on rehabilitation nursing.
• Mechanical ventilation experience required indicating care for patients with respiratory support needs.
• Unit census and bed count indicate moderate patient volume.

Additional Details
• Rehabilitation Medicine Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing - Mount Sinai Morningside.