Pediatric Registered Nurse
New York City, New York
Mount Sinai Kravis Childrens Hospital

Pediatric Registered Nurse (RN) - Contract

Location: New York, NY
Contract Length: 13 weeks (89 days ≈ 13 weeks)
Employment Type: Staffing - Supplier Sourced

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to pediatric patients based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. Deliver patient- and family-centered care while promoting health, disease prevention, and effective communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care principles and nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate pediatric patient care needs using critical thinking.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams 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 teams.
• Manage assignments within Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.
• Role model patient experience best practices such as bedside shift reports, purposeful rounding, medication review, and discharge wrap-up.
• Establish therapeutic relationships considering patient values, preferences, and cultural diversity.
• Use evidence-based practices to improve patient care perceptions.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate concerns appropriately.
• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
• Document nursing practice using institutional IT systems to support quality initiatives.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Current RN license in New York State.
• Pediatric nursing experience required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certifications required.
• Relevant clinical competence in pediatric nursing practice; new graduates must have current knowledge of nursing process and application.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment.
• Proficient in English (reading, writing, speaking, understanding).
• Physical ability to care for acutely ill pediatric patients, including walking, standing, lifting, stooping, pushing, and responding quickly.
• Manual dexterity for clinical procedures such as venipuncture, urinary catheterization, and CPR.
• Proficient with electronic medical record documentation and basic data entry systems.

Experience

• Years of Specialty Experience Required: Not explicitly stated; must have pediatric experience (assumed minimum 1 year pediatric nursing experience based on standard expectations).
• Prior Travel Experience Required: No indication that prior travel experience is required.

Additional Notes

• Must demonstrate ability to maintain professional relationships and solve problems efficiently.
• Must be physically and mentally capable of managing a broad variety of pediatric diagnoses and behaviors daily.