New Graduate Registered Nurse

Considering applicants graduating December 2024-February 2025

This position is for 2024 Fall/2025 Winter RN Graduates. If you previously applied to an earlier New Graduate posting and have graduated outside the Fall 2024 window, please do not apply to this position.

Please include your GPA on your resume.

We have positions available throughout the medical center in critical care, med/surg, women’s and children’s services, step down and telemetry units.

Nurse Residency Program:

Participation is required for all baccalaureate new graduate nurses. This one-year program is designed to promote professional practice through specific clinical and educational activities. As a member of the nursing staff on the assigned unit, you are provided with additional clinical support and mentoring relationships to help you develop your abilities and confidence as a professional nurse. Special educational activities are scheduled throughout the year including seminar days, clinical observation experiences and clinically specific education programs.

In this role, the successful candidate carries out patient care responsibilities with emphasis on decision-making related to the steps in the nursing process to include assessment, diagnosis, identification of expected outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation. Provides competent, safe and compassionate care based on established NYUHC Patient Care and Nursing Standards. As a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, formulates the initial plan of care with the provider (physician or nurse practitioner) and collaborates with them to implement a comprehensive patient-centered plan of care to achieve expected outcomes; utilizes principles of assignment and delegation consistent with the NY State Nurse Practice Act.

Job Responsibilities:

• Analyzes unit level quality data and participates in improvement efforts to achieve organizational goals within the quality and safety performance improvement plan (QSPIP) and outperform benchmarks in nurse sensitive quality indicators.
• Contributes to and utilizes the unit practice council (UPC) structure to critically appraise and influence practice.
• Adheres to patient care and nursing standards in care delivery, and uses clinical practice guidelines (CPG). Participates in standard development and practice evaluation.
• Engages in self-assessment and peer review; utilizes resources to meet individual learning needs and promote professional development in clinical practice.
• Serves as a support, resource, and preceptor for nursing staff and students.
• Complies with annual education and mandatory/regulatory requirements.
• Organizes staff assignments to ensure appropriate delegation of activities. Demonstrates ability to differentiate those activities which are in scope of professional nursing practice, and those that may be delegated to ancillary staff.
• Complies with unit-based and organizational professional standards, New York State Nurse Practice Act and regulations of relevant outside agencies.
• Analyzes achievement of and contributes to unit throughput efficiencies and metrics.
• Coordinates and directs unit activities to provide patient care in a healing, humane, and caring environment.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress towards expected outcomes. Involves the patient/family and interdisciplinary team in the evaluation process. Recognizes changes in patient condition and responds to variations in patient’s progress by modifying the interventions.
• Educates the patient/family regarding health status and established plan of care. Determines learning needs of the patient/family. Implements an educational plan. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to modify expected outcomes.
• Directs the coordination of patient care in a safe, timely, and appropriate manner. Applies and supports the escalation process. Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age groups and cultural groups in all patient care activities.
• Collects, assesses, and documents patient healthcare data. Directs the patient/family and interdisciplinary team to identify a plan of care and outcomes that are realistic and measurable. Prioritizes care based upon data collected.

Minimum Qualifications:

To qualify you must have: Current Registered Professional Nurse in New York.

Education: Baccalaureate degree in Nursing required; Fluent written and spoken English language skills.

Required Licenses: Registered Nurse License-NYS

Preferred Qualifications:
Membership in pertinent professional organizations preferred.

Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.