Rehabilitation Registered Nurse
Nyc, New York
Mount Sinai Morningside

Registered Nurse (Rehabilitation) - Contract

Location: New York, NY
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

Provide patient-centered nursing care in a rehabilitation setting, applying evidence-based practice and collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement individualized care plans. Deliver care that supports patient recovery, education, and safety while maintaining high standards of quality and professionalism.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver nursing care based on professional practice models, nursing theory, research, and organizational standards.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs using critical thinking in care management.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop, implement, and evaluate care plans.
• Prioritize patient care activities including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and delegation.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Manage assignments within a Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Role model relationship-centered care through admission welcome, bedside shift reports, purposeful rounding, medication review, discharge planning, and collaboration with medical staff.
• 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 and family concerns and escalate as appropriate.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
• Support staff in evidence-based patient care practices.
• Conduct purposeful hourly rounding addressing key patient needs.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and identify barriers to improvement.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to quality and safety.
• Implement process improvement strategies and participate in peer and institutional reviews.
• 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.
• Escalate safety hazards following institutional protocols.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate with nursing leadership to ensure adequate supplies and staffing.
• Escalate resource deficits appropriately.
• Practice cost-effective patient care resource management.
• Document thoroughly in compliance with 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 respect and empathy.
• Incorporate ethical principles in decision-making.
• Promote lifelong learning, scholarship, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge relevant to role, patient population, and specialty.
• Participate in shared decision-making through councils, committees, and unit initiatives.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in New York State
• Minimum 2 years of experience in a rehabilitation nursing setting, including experience within the last year
• One year of travel nursing experience
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Experience working in a rehabilitation setting

Schedule

• 3 shifts per week, 12 hours each

Patient Population

• Rehabilitation patients requiring specialized nursing care including wound, ostomy, and continence management.

This position emphasizes high-quality, patient-centered rehabilitation nursing with a focus on safety, education, and interdisciplinary collaboration.