Outpatient Registered Nurse
New York City, New York
Mount Sinai-Union Square

Registered Nurse - Outpatient (Contract)

Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Contract
Shift: 8 AM – 4 PM
Hours: Approximately 37.5 hours per week (7 hours per day)
Contract Length: 9 weeks

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, and quality ambulatory care nursing based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice to a designated patient population in an outpatient setting.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

• Deliver nursing care using Relationship Centered Care principles and the nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate patient needs, applying critical thinking in care management.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams 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

• 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 and improve patient perceptions of care.
• Address patient and family concerns promptly and escalate as needed.
• Demonstrate empathy, respect, and active listening in all interactions.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to quality and safety in the outpatient population.
• Participate in quality improvement projects, evidence-based practice activities, and nursing research.
• Follow institutional protocols to identify and avoid high-risk behaviors.
• Document nursing practice accurately to support quality and performance initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management to ensure adequate resources for patient care.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages appropriately.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.
• Maintain thorough and compliant documentation per regulatory and legal standards.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert level.
• Demonstrate professional communication and ethical 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 State.
• Minimum 2 years of Med Surg nursing experience, including experience within the last year.
• Experience in ambulatory care and outpatient settings.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing.
• Minimum 1 year of travel nursing experience required for travel positions (not required for per diem roles).
• Demonstrated ethical decision-making skills.

Additional Notes

• Prior travel experience is required for travel positions (minimum 1 year travel experience); not required for per diem roles.
• Schedule typically involves 3 shifts of 12 hours each (note: actual shift hours listed as 8 AM – 4 PM, 7 hours/day).
• Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration, patient care management, critical thinking, and quality improvement is essential.