Mother Baby Registered Nurse
Nyc, New York
Mount Sinai West

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse - Mother Baby (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Specialty: Mother Baby Nursing (Postpartum, Antepartum)
Employment Type: Contract

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, and quality nursing care to women and newborns in a Mother Baby unit. Deliver care based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice while collaborating with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver patient 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 healthcare team to develop, implement, and evaluate care plans.
• 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 through admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and collaboration.
• 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.
• 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 strategies and participate in peer/institutional reviews.
• Collaborate on quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice, and nursing research.
• Follow high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Report safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management with leadership.
• Escalate resource deficits appropriately.
• Use patient-focused, cost-effective approaches to care resources.
• Document thoroughly in compliance with 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 demonstrating caring, respect, compassion, and empathy.
• Apply ethical principles in decision-making.
• Promote lifelong learning, scholarship, inquiry, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to role, specialty, and community needs.
• Participate in shared decision-making through councils, committees, and unit initiatives.

Requirements

• Licensure: New York State RN License
• Certifications: BLS required
• Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years RN experience required
  • Minimum 2 years postpartum and antepartum experience required
• Travel Experience: 1 year travel experience required for travel positions (not required for per diem)
• Preferred: EPIC electronic health record experience highly preferred

Additional Information

• Average Unit Census: 17.4 patients
• Beds per Unit: 23
• Schedule: 3 shifts per week, 12 hours each

Contract Length

• Approximately 13 weeks (89 days rounded to nearest week)