ICU Registered Nurse
New York, New York
Mount Sinai West

Registered Nurse (RN) - ICU (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Specialty: ICU Nursing

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality care to ICU patients based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to manage and evaluate patient care plans.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver care using Relationship Centered Care principles 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 healthcare team on care planning and evaluation.
• 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

• Facilitate patient-centered actions 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 therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care.
• Address patient/family concerns and escalate as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, empathy, and active listening.
• Support staff in evidence-based patient care practices.

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

Contract Length

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

Employment Type

Staffing - Supplier Sourced

This position is ideal for ICU nurses seeking a contract role in a fast-paced, patient-centered environment focused on quality, safety, and interdisciplinary collaboration.