Cardiac Surgery ICU Registered Nurse
New York, New York
Mount Sinai Morningside

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse (RN) - Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CSICU) - Contract

Location: New York, NY
Specialty: RN - CSICU (Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit)
Employment Type: Contract
Contract Length: 13 weeks

Job Description

Patient Care Responsibilities

• Provide safe, competent, quality nursing care based on nursing theory, research, and evidence-based practice.
• Assess and evaluate patient care needs using critical thinking.
• Deliver nursing care integrating assessment and intervention skills.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary healthcare teams to develop, implement, and evaluate care plans.
• Prioritize patient care including teaching, rounding, coaching, discharge planning, and delegation.
• Educate patients and caregivers on care plans, transitions, health promotion, and disease prevention.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Manage assignments within the Modified Primary Nursing Care Delivery Model.

Patient Experience

• Role model Relationship Centered Care principles including admission welcome, bedside shift report, purposeful hourly rounding, medication review, discharge wrap-up, and collaboration with physicians.
• Respect patient values, preferences, cultural diversity, and expressed needs.
• Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Use evidence-based practices to understand patient perceptions of care.
• Initiate service recovery and escalate concerns as needed.
• Demonstrate caring, respect, compassion, empathy, and active listening.
• Support staff in evidence-based patient care practices.

Quality and Safety

• Practice safe, efficient, patient-centered care and identify barriers to improvement.
• Demonstrate clinical skills and knowledge 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 and performance improvement.

Operations

• Perform charge nurse duties as assigned.
• Coordinate with nursing leadership to ensure appropriate use and inventory of supplies.
• Escalate material or staffing shortages as needed.
• Practice cost-effective patient care regarding equipment, staff, and supplies.
• Document thoroughly and 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, compassion, and empathy.
• Incorporate ethical principles in decision-making.
• Encourage lifelong learning, scholarship, inquiry, and innovation.
• Acquire knowledge and skills relevant to the role, patient population, and specialty.
• Participate in shared decision-making through specialty councils, committees, and unit initiatives.

Qualifications & Skills

• Current New York State RN License required.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Minimum 2 years RN experience.
• Minimum 2 years experience in Post Open Heart and Cardiac Care Unit.
• Travel experience preferred but not required for Per Diem positions.
• EPIC electronic health record experience highly preferred.
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred; Associate degree considered with relevant experience or active BSN matriculation.
• Ability to work 12-hour shifts with weekends required.
• Unit census averages 26 beds.
• Staffing ratio approximately 1 nurse to 2-3 patients.

This position offers an opportunity to work in a high-acuity cardiac surgery ICU environment, providing comprehensive nursing care and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to ensure excellent patient outcomes.