Labor & Delivery Registered Nurse
New York, New York
The Mount Sinai Hospital Wiener Family Palliative Care Unit 1176 Fifth Avenue

Registered Nurse (RN) - Labor & Delivery (L&D) - Contract

Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Staffing - Supplier Sourced

Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to women and children based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care and nursing process principles.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs; apply critical thinking in care management.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare team 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 team members.
• Manage assignments within Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model and allocate resources effectively.

Patient Experience

• Model Relationship Centered Care through activities such as Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding, Medication Review, and Discharge Wrap Up.
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care.
• Initiate service recovery for patient/family concerns and escalate as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
• Support staff in evidence-based practices to improve patient experience.
• Conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding addressing key patient needs (the 4 Ps).

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care; identify and escalate barriers and improvement opportunities.
• Demonstrate clinical skills and knowledge essential to quality and safety.
• Implement process improvement strategies based on evidence and institutional procedures.
• Participate in peer and institutional review processes.
• Collaborate on quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
• Contribute to compliance with quality and safety standards.
• Apply high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors and ensure patient safety.
• Escalate safety hazards or practice gaps following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice using institutional IT systems to support quality and performance improvement.

Contract Length

Approximately 13 weeks (89 days rounded to 13 weeks).