Registered Nurse - Cardiology
New York, New York
Mount Sinai West

Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiology (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Contract
Shift: 9 AM – 5 PM
Hours: 7 hours/day, 37.5 hours/week
Contract Length: 9 weeks

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to cardiology patients using evidence-based practice and nursing theory. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care. Support patient education, safety, and quality improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver nursing care based on Relationship Centered Care and nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs using critical thinking.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in care delivery.
• Collaborate with 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 team members.
• Manage assignments within Modified Primary Nursing model.

Patient Experience

• Facilitate admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• 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 appropriately.
• Demonstrate empathy, respect, compassion, and active listening.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, patient-centered care and identify barriers to improvement.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to patient safety.
• Implement process improvement and participate in peer and institutional reviews.
• Collaborate on quality improvement projects and nursing research.
• Follow high reliability principles to avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Escalate safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management with leadership.
• Escalate resource deficits appropriately.
• Apply cost-effective approaches to patient care resources.
• 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 ethical decision-making.
• Encourage lifelong learning, inquiry, and innovation.
• Participate in specialty councils, committees, and unit initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Valid RN license in New York
• Minimum 2 years of cardiology experience, including experience within the last year
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• IV skills
• Med Surg / Telemetry experience

Additional Information

• Number of beds on unit: 32
• Prior travel experience is required for travel positions (1 year travel experience), but not for per diem roles.
• Ratios will vary.
• Shift does not include weekends (9 AM – 5 PM).

Skills and Competencies

• Critical thinking and patient care management
• Assessment and intervention skills
• Patient teaching and education
• Rounding and coaching
• Safety hazard identification and escalation
• Use of institutional information technology and documentation
• Charge nurse and inventory management experience
• Patient throughput facilitation
• Relationship Centered Care and evidence-based practice
• Service recovery and empathy
• Purposeful hourly rounding
• Quality and process improvement
• Ethical decision making and clinical competence
• Lifelong learning and professional development