Cardiac Telemetry Stepdown Registered Nurse
Nyc, New York
Mount Sinai West

Registered Nurse (RN) - Stepdown Unit

Location: New York, NY
Specialty: Stepdown Nursing (Cardiology, Telemetry, VAD experience)
Employment Type: Staffing - Supplier Sourced
Contract Length: 13 weeks (89 days ≈ 13 weeks)

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, prioritize patient needs, and educate patients and caregivers.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver care using Relationship Centered Care principles and nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs using critical thinking.
• 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, and discharge planning.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, 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.
• Address patient/family concerns and escalate 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, efficient, patient-centered care and identify barriers to improvement.
• 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.
• Identify and avoid high-risk behaviors to maintain a safe environment.
• 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.
• Apply patient-focused, cost-effective approaches to resource use.
• 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 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, committees, and unit initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Current New York State RN License
• BLS Certification
• Minimum 2 years RN experience
• Minimum 2 years experience in cardiology, telemetry, and VAD (ventricular assist device) care
• EPIC electronic health record experience highly preferred

Additional Requirements

• Prior travel experience required for travel positions (minimum 1 year travel experience); not required for per diem roles.

This position offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic stepdown unit providing specialized cardiac and telemetry nursing care with a focus on quality, safety, and patient-centered practices.