Operating Room Registered Nurse
New York, New York
The Mount Sinai Hospital

Registered Nurse (RN) - Operating Room (OR) - Contract

Location: New York, NY
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Summary

Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care to patients in the Operating Room setting, applying nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice. Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and implement patient care plans, prioritize patient needs, and educate patients and caregivers.

Key Responsibilities

Patient Care

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

Patient Experience

• Role model Relationship Centered Care practices (e.g., Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, Purposeful Hourly Rounding).
• 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, compassion, empathy, and active listening.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, patient-centered care and identify barriers to improvement.
• Demonstrate clinical skills essential to quality and safety.
• Implement process improvement and evidence-based strategies.
• 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 according to protocol.
• Document nursing practice to support quality and performance initiatives.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate supply and inventory management with leadership.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages appropriately.
• Use patient-focused, cost-effective approaches to resource utilization.
• Facilitate patient throughput during shifts.
• Maintain accurate documentation in compliance with standards.

Professional Development

• Support clinical colleagues, patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Advance clinical competence from novice to expert.
• Project a professional image demonstrating caring and respect.
• Incorporate ethical principles in decision-making.
• Promote lifelong learning, scholarship, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge relevant to role, specialty, and community health needs.
• Participate in shared decision-making through councils and committees.

Qualifications

• Current New York State RN License required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required.
• Certification for Surgical Technologist (NBSTA for CST), NA, Heartsaver preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of medical Operating Room experience.
• Minimum 2 years RN experience.
• 1 year travel nursing experience required for travel positions (not required for per diem).
• Experience with EPIC electronic health record system highly preferred.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred; Associate Degree in Nursing considered with relevant experience or active BSN matriculation.

Unit Information

• Average census: 50 cases per day
• Unit beds: 19
• Staffing ratio: 1:1
• Schedule: Varying shifts including weekends (rotational), on-call, and holiday volunteers

This position offers an opportunity to work in a high-volume OR unit with a focus on quality, safety, and patient-centered care within a collaborative interdisciplinary team.