Stepdown Telemetry/Cardiology Registered Nurse
New York, NY
Host Healthcare
3x12 hrs, Nights
Referral Bonus

Registered Nurse (RN) - Stepdown Unit (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Contract

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.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

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

Patient Experience

• Role model Relationship Centered Care through admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and collaboration with physicians.
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate concerns as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
• Support staff in evidence-based patient care practices.
• Conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding addressing key patient needs.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers and improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to quality and safety.
• Implement process improvement strategies and participate in peer/institutional reviews.
• Collaborate on quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice, and nursing research.
• Contribute to compliance with quality and safety standards.
• Apply high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Escalate safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply utilization and inventory with nursing leadership.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages appropriately.
• Practice cost-effective patient care resource management.
• 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 respect and empathy.
• Incorporate ethical principles in decision-making.
• Promote lifelong learning, inquiry, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to role, specialty, and community health needs.
• Participate in shared decision-making through councils, committees, and unit initiatives.

Qualifications

• Current New York State RN License
• BLS Certification
• Minimum 2 years RN experience, including 2 years in cardiology, telemetry, or VAD care
• EPIC experience highly preferred
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing preferred; Associate degree considered with relevant experience or active BSN matriculation
• 1 year travel experience preferred for travel positions (not required for per diem)

Contract Length

• Approximately 9 weeks

This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic stepdown unit, providing specialized cardiac and telemetry nursing care within a collaborative interdisciplinary team.