Job Title: RN - CCU
Location: NYC, NY
Duration: 3 months Contract
Schedule: 12hr/nights (7p-7a); 36hrs/wk (3x12s)
Hourly rate: $64/hour on W2 (Negotiable)
Responsibilities:- Provides nursing care to assigned patients from newborn to geriatric populations according to Department of Nursing policies and procedures and in compliance with the Massachusetts Nurse Practice Act.
- Functions independently within established department policies and goals.
- Refers problems to the nurse manager or appropriate supervisor.
- Directs and/or assists licensed practical nurses and ancillary nursing personnel.
- Maintains accountability for applicable job-specific and unit-specific competencies.
- Collects relevant patient health data appropriate to the patient's age and specialty area during assessment.
- Analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Identifies individualized and expected patient outcomes.
- Develops and implements plans of care prescribing nursing interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- Evaluates and documents patient progress toward expected outcomes in the medical record.
- Provides nursing care to assigned patients.
- Administers prescribed medications and intravenous solutions safely.
- Reports significant changes in patient condition to physicians.
- Counsels, educates, and involves patients and families according to the plan of care.
- Assists patients and families in coping with stress related to illness.
- Provides support to dying patients.
- Systematically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
- Applies knowledge of current professional nursing standards, laws, and healthcare regulations in daily practice.
- Acquires and maintains current knowledge and competency in patient care.
- Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and healthcare providers.
- Makes ethical decisions and takes appropriate actions on behalf of patients.
- Collaborates with patients, families, and healthcare teams to provide humane and healing care.
- Uses clinical inquiry and research in nursing practice.
- Considers safety, effectiveness, and cost when planning and delivering patient care.
- Adheres to nursing and hospital policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Performs responsibilities independently or with minimal supervision.
- Participates in continuing education to maintain nursing standards as required by Massachusetts regulations.
- Demonstrates respect for patient dignity, cultural diversity, and professional communication standards.
- Utilizes LEAN strategies for process improvement and systematic problem solving.
- Performs other duties as required or assigned, including assuming additional responsibilities in the absence of the nurse manager.
Required Skills:- Ability to understand patient needs and provide accurate information while resolving problems using logical thinking and follow-through.
- Ability to function calmly and logically under tense and difficult situations.
- Ability to work with frequent interruptions and respond appropriately to unexpected situations.
- Ability to provide constructive feedback and initiate corrective actions.
- Ability to manage difficult patients effectively.
- Ability to handle unique situations with limited standardization.
- Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, and schedule-based instructions.
- Ability to exercise appropriate judgment in communication and actions with patients, physicians, associates, and external agencies.
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills to work effectively in a fast-paced healthcare environment.
- May be a beginning practitioner.
Preferred Skills:- Experience with Meditech software systems.
Education:- Nursing Diploma.
- Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN or ASN).
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN).
Certifications & Licenses:- Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Must hold current American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers certification.
- ACLS is required.
- PALS is preferred.