Registered Nurse Nursing MotherBaby Per Diem

NightPer Diem7p715a 2 shifts per month minimum w/e&holiday

Position Summary

The Registered Nurse provides direct patient care. The Registered Nurse collaborates with patients family/significant others peers physicians and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the delivery of healthcare services to patients. The Registered Nurse assesses the patient s needs plans care implements and evaluates the medical and nursing regimens in accordance with the hospital and nursing philosophy policies/procedures and standards. He or she demonstrates leadership skills and commitment to professional accountability and growth

Essential Functions and Responsibilities Includes the Following:

1. Understands and adheres to our Performance Standards Policies and Behaviors.

2. Utilizes the nursing process to meet the age specific needs of the patient in all aspects of care: biophysical psychosocial education safety/ environment and discharge planning

3. Utilizes appropriate steps in the decision making process to include recognition and priority setting related to patient care and unitbased issues. Addresses issues with appropriate actions

4. Collaborates and communicates with the interdisciplinary health care team

5. Integrates patient rights and nursing ethics into work practice

6. Adheres to infection control standards to reduce the risk of nosocomial infections to patient and staff.

7. Adheres to the tenets of the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals

8. Delegates activities to ancillary staff as it relates to the State Nurse Practice Act

9. Adheres to the ANA Code of Nursing Ethics & Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice

10. Supports promotes and practices within our Professional Nursing Practice Model

11. Sustains and advances the Magnet model

12. Participates in the Performance Improvement initiatives

13. Completes competency requirements

14. Attends mandatory inservices

15. Attends staff meetings as required/requested

16. Utilizes cost containment practices

17. Assumes Charge Nurse responsibility

18. Performs other related duties as assigned

Education & Experience Requirements

1. Graduate from an accredited school of nursing with current New York RN license/registration.

2. BSN Required for RNs hired after 1/1/18.

3. All RNs hired before 1/1/18 will be required to have their BSN (or MSN) by 12/31/21.

4. Proof of BSN (or MSN) must be received by Human Resources by 12/31/21 for verification.

5. Knowledge of current nursing medical and health trends and practices in rendering of patient care.

6. One year of acute care nursing experience preferred for areas other than medical surgical or stepdown

7. BLS certification (through American Heart Association) is required.

8. As of January 1st 2017 ACLS certification (through American Heart Association) is required for all RNs except for NICU and OR RNs. Current nurses will have 12 months to receive this certification (1/1/18). Current nurses on Mother/Baby will have until 1/1/19 to receive this certification. All newly hired inexperienced nurses must receive this certification within 12 months. All newly hired experienced nurses must receive this certification within 6 months.

9. PALS certification (through American Heart Association) is required for all RNs working in the PACU 5I Pediatrics Emergency Department Armonk Urgent Care Ambulatory Surgery and 226 Ambulatory Surgery Center. All newly hired inexperienced nurses must receive this certification within 12 months. All newly hired experienced nurses must receive this certification within 6 months.

10. NRP certification is required for all RNs working in the MotherBaby unit Labor & Delivery and NICU. All newly hired nurses to the NICU L&D and the MotherBaby unit must receive this certification within 6 months.

11. All registered nurses and advanced practice nurses providing direct oncology care must demonstrate one of the following:

a. Current cancerspecific certification in the nurse s specialty by an accredited certification program. Oncology nursing certifications that qualify include but are not limited to: AOCNP AOCNS AOCN

BMTCN CPHON CPON CBCN OCN

or

b. Ongoing education by earning 36 cancerrelated continuing education nursing contact hours every 3 years (maintained by department manager)

12. Registered Nurses in the Emergency Department must complete deescalation training within 1 year of hire to transfer to the Emergency Department.

13. Successful completion of Department and Unit Orientation Program.

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