Travel Nurse RN - Med Surg
New York, NY
Integrated Healthcare Services
3x12 hrs, Nights

Registered Nurse - Medical-Surgical Unit (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Contract Length: 13 weeks (89 days ≈ 13 weeks)
Unit: 6W Medicine Unit

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to a designated group of patients and their families, based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient care plans.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care and nursing process principles.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs; apply critical thinking in care management.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
• Collaborate with healthcare team on care planning and evaluation.
• Prioritize patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and delegation.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and care team members.
• Manage assignments within Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Role model Relationship Centered Care practices (e.g., Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding).
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to improve patient perception of care.
• Address patient/family concerns and escalate as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to quality and safety.
• Implement process improvement and evidence-based strategies.
• Participate in peer and institutional review processes.
• Collaborate on quality improvement projects and nursing research.
• Follow high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Report safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice to support quality and performance improvement.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management with leadership.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages appropriately.
• Use patient-focused, cost-effective approaches to resource utilization.
• Document accurately and thoroughly per regulatory and legal standards.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert.
• Maintain a professional image and communicate with empathy and respect.
• Apply ethical principles in decision-making.
• Promote lifelong learning, scholarship, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge relevant to role, specialty, and community health needs.
• Participate in shared decision-making through councils and committees.

Requirements

• Licenses/Certifications:

  • New York State RN License
  • BLS Certification

• Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years RN experience
  • Minimum 2 years Medical Unit experience
  • Prior travel experience required (1 year travel experience for travel positions)

• Preferred Skills:

  • EPIC electronic health record experience highly preferred

Additional Information

• Unit has 29 beds with an average census of 22 patients.
• Staffing ratio guideline: 1 nurse to 6 patients.
• Schedule: 3 shifts of 12 hours each, weekends required.