Medical Surgical Registered Nurse
Nyc, New York
Mount Sinai West

Registered Nurse - Medical Surgical Unit (Med Surg)

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to a designated group of patients on a Medical Surgical Unit. Deliver care based on nursing theory, research, evidence-based practice, and organizational standards.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care 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 interdisciplinary healthcare team on 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 professionally with patients, families, and care team members.
• Manage assignments within Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Role model Relationship Centered Care practices (e.g., Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding).
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate concerns as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
• Support staff use of evidence-based practices.
• Conduct Purposeful Hourly Rounding addressing key patient needs.

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.
• Contribute to compliance with quality and safety measures.
• Apply high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Escalate safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice using institutional IT systems to support quality initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate with leadership to ensure adequate supplies and inventory.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages appropriately.
• Use patient-focused, cost-effective approaches to resource management.
• Document accurately and thoroughly per 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 caring, respect, and empathy.
• Incorporate ethical principles in decision-making.
• Promote scholarship, inquiry, lifelong learning, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to role, patient population, and specialty.
• Participate in shared decision-making through councils, committees, and unit initiatives.

Requirements

• License: NYS Registered Nurse (RN) License
• Certifications: BLS (Basic Life Support)
• Experience:

  • Minimum 2 years RN experience
  • Minimum 2 years Medical Surgical (Med/Surg) experience
• Travel Experience:

  • 1 year travel experience required for travel positions (not required for per diem)
• Preferred: EPIC electronic health record experience

Work Environment

• Unit size: 34 beds
• Average census: 30 patients
• Staffing ratio: 1 nurse to 5 patients
• Schedule: 3x12 hour shifts, every other weekend and holidays required

Contract Length

• Approximately 13 weeks (89 days ≈ 13 weeks)