Ambulatory Surgery RN
New York, New York
Mount Sinai-Union Square

Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Surgery (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Contract
Shift: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday
Hours: 7.5 hours/day, 37.5 hours/week
Contract Length: 9 weeks

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to patients in an ambulatory surgical unit. Deliver care based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice while collaborating with the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver patient care using Relationship Centered Care principles and the nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs, applying critical thinking in care management.
• Integrate assessment and intervention skills in nursing care delivery.
• Collaborate with healthcare team members to develop, implement, and evaluate care plans.
• Prioritize patient care activities including teaching, rounding, coaching, and discharge planning.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate professionally with patients, families, and care team members.
• Manage assignments within a Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model.

Patient Experience

• Role model patient-centered care practices such as bedside shift reports, purposeful hourly rounding, and medication reviews.
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand and improve patient perceptions of care.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate patient/family concerns appropriately.
• Demonstrate empathy, respect, and active listening in all interactions.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and identify barriers to quality.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to patient safety.
• Participate in quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
• Follow institutional protocols to escalate safety hazards or gaps in best practices.
• Document nursing care accurately to support quality and performance improvement.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management to ensure adequate resources.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages as needed.
• Promote cost-effective patient care practices.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.

Professional Development

• Support a positive environment for clinical colleagues, patients, and families.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert level.
• Maintain a professional image and communicate with respect and empathy.
• Apply ethical principles in decision-making.
• Engage in lifelong learning, scholarship, and innovation.
• Participate in shared decision-making through specialty councils and committees.

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in New York
• Minimum 2 years of Ambulatory Surgery nursing experience, including experience within the last year
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) / Associate Degree in Nursing
• Operating Room (OR) experience
• Medical-Surgical nursing experience
• Experience with Modified Primary Nursing care delivery model
• Demonstrated participation in shared decision-making processes
• Proven involvement in process improvement initiatives

Additional Information

• Prior travel nursing experience is required for travel positions (minimum 1 year travel experience); not required for per diem roles.
• Schedule is 5 days per week, 9 AM to 5 PM.

Skills and Competencies

• Patient care and assessment
• Critical thinking and clinical decision-making
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Patient and caregiver education
• Professional communication
• Modified Primary Nursing model
• Service recovery and conflict resolution
• Accurate documentation and compliance
• Patient throughput management
• Clinical competence and process improvement
• Charge nurse and inventory management duties
• Evidence-based practice and quality improvement initiatives