RN SICU/MICU
New York, New York
Mount Sinai Morningside

Registered Nurse (RN) - SICU/MICU - Contract

Location: New York, NY
Contract Length: 14 weeks
Shift: Night (7:00 PM – 7:30 AM), every other weekend
Hours: Approximately 11 hours per day, 34.5 hours per week
Unit Details:

• 24 beds, average census 17
• Staffing ratio 1:2
• Unit type: Surgical Intensive Care Unit (SICU) / Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU)

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, and quality nursing care to critically ill patients in the SICU/MICU setting. Deliver care based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice while collaborating with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Assess and evaluate patient needs using critical thinking and nursing process.
• Deliver care incorporating Relationship Centered Care principles.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Prioritize patient care activities including teaching, rounding, coaching, and discharge planning.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Manage assignments within a Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Facilitate admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, and discharge wrap-up.
• Establish therapeutic relationships respecting patient values, preferences, and cultural diversity.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate patient/family concerns appropriately.
• Demonstrate empathy, respect, and active listening in all interactions.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, patient-centered care and identify barriers to quality improvement.
• Participate in quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
• Escalate safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing care accurately to support quality and performance initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and staffing needs with nursing leadership.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.
• Ensure cost-effective use of resources.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence and nursing expertise.
• Demonstrate professional communication and ethical decision-making.
• Engage in lifelong learning, scholarship, and innovation.
• Participate in shared decision-making through committees and unit initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in New York
• Minimum 2 years of ICU (Intensive Care Unit) experience, including experience within the last year
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Minimum 1 year of travel nursing experience for travel positions (not required for Per Diem positions)
• Medical-Surgical nursing experience

Additional Information

• Schedule includes night shifts with every other weekend required.
• Excellent organizational skills are essential.