Outpatient Registered Nurse
New York, New York
Mount Sinai-Union Square

Registered Nurse - Outpatient (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Contract Length: 13 weeks (89 days ≈ 13 weeks)
Schedule: 3 shifts per week, 12 hours each (3x12)
Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality ambulatory care nursing based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice to a designated group of patients and their families in an outpatient setting.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver patient care using a professional practice model focused on relationship-centered care.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs, applying critical thinking in care management.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop, implement, and evaluate care plans.
• Prioritize patient care activities including teaching, rounding, coaching, and discharge planning.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Manage assignments within a modified primary nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families, respecting cultural diversity and individual preferences.
• Use evidence-based practices to improve patient perceptions of care.
• Conduct purposeful hourly rounding addressing key patient needs.
• Demonstrate empathy, respect, and active listening in all interactions.
• Initiate service recovery when concerns arise and escalate appropriately.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, patient-centered care and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to quality and safety.
• Participate in quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
• Follow institutional protocols to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality and performance initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management to ensure adequate resources for patient care.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages as needed.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.
• Maintain thorough and compliant documentation.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence and professional nursing practice.
• Demonstrate ethical decision-making and professional communication.
• Engage in lifelong learning, scholarship, and innovation.
• Participate in shared decision-making through specialty councils and committees.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in New York State.
• Minimum 2 years of ambulatory care nursing experience, including experience within the last year.
• Experience in an outpatient setting.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN).