Operating Room Registered Nurse
New York, New York
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai

Registered Nurse (OR) - Contract

Location: New York, NY
Shift: Day Shift, 7 AM – 5 PM (10 hours/day, 4 days/week)
Contract Length: 9 weeks

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality perioperative nursing care in the Operating Room (OR) setting, applying nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice to a designated patient population.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

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

Patient Experience

• Facilitate patient-centered practices such as Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, and Discharge Wrap Up.
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate patient concerns appropriately.
• Demonstrate empathy, respect, and active listening in all interactions.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and identify barriers to quality.
• Participate in quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
• Implement high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Escalate safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality and performance improvement.

Operations

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

Professional Development

• Support a positive environment for clinical colleagues, patients, and families.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert level.
• Demonstrate professional communication and ethical decision-making.
• Engage in lifelong learning, scholarship, and innovation.
• Participate in specialty practice councils, nursing committees, and unit initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in New York State.
• Minimum 2 years of Operating Room (OR) nursing experience, including scrub and circulate roles, with OR experience within the last year.
• Certified Nurse Operating Room (CNOR) certification.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification issued by the American Heart Association.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Experience in Ophthalmology, ENT Surgery, and Plastic Surgery.