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Mount Sinai Health System Assistant Nurse Manager - Cardiothoracic ICU Evenings in New York, New York
Job Description
* This Posting is for Future Opportunities and Not for an Active Vacancy *
Strength Through Diversity
Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal.
Cardiothoracic ICU - 170000KB
Assistant Nurse Manager - Evenings
What you'll be doing:
Patient Care
Leads nursing practice using the tenets of the Professional Practice Model of Relationship Centered Care and the Care Delivery Model of Modified Primary Nursing for the promotion of the patient experience.
Demonstrates proficiency in all aspects of Purposeful Hourly Rounding (PHR) and role models expected behaviors.
Ensures the integration of PHR into clinical activities to enhance Relationship Centered Care.
Validates staff members round hourly on all patients by direct observation and patient feedback.
Assesses staff competency in PHR and provides consistent meaningful feedback with more focused feedback as needed.
Conducts rounding of all patients on a daily basis (Monday-Friday.)
Communicates quantitative and qualitative information regarding the patient experience and staff engagement to the staff and the Interdisciplinary Patient Care Team that leads to the development and implementation of an action plan.
Collaborates with the physician dyad and escalates concerns as appropriate.
Follows up on all patient concerns in a timely manner and provides service recovery as needed.
Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy and active listening through dialogue, body language and actions.
Patient Experience
Role models the tenets of Mount Sinai Relationship Centered Care (MSHRCC) through facilitation of the following actions but not limited to: Admission Welcome, Bedside Shift Report, HELP, AM/PM Care, 5 Minute Sit Down, Purposeful Hourly Rounding (PHR), Medication Review, Discharge Wrap Up, and MD/RN Unit Collaboration.
Huddles with staff at the start of each shift, identifying high-risk patients who require special attention.
Communicates to nursing leadership concerns or issues identified during huddle and throughout shift.
Initiates service recovery for patients and family members who have concerns and escalates to Clinical Nurse Manager/Associate Director of Nursing/designee or Patient Relations as needed.
Interprets and communicates patient experience scores and benchmarks and keeps staff informed of progress and areas of opportunity.
Considers the patient’s values, preferences, cultural diversity, expressed needs and knowledge in all aspects of care.
Empowers staff to use evidence-based practices to increase understanding of patients’ perceptions of care.
Demonstrates caring, respect, compassion, empathy and active listening through dialogue, body language and actions.
Quality and Safety
Designs, supports and leads a safe, therapeutic and efficient patient-centered care environment for professional practice.
Identifies and investigates issues or variances in practice/operations by participating in the RCA process and implements corrective action plans.
Fosters a fair and open culture that encourages error and near-miss occurrence reporting.
Leads interdisciplinary quality improvement teams using the principles of high reliability.
Reviews unit progress, changes and compliance with quality and safety metrics with clinical nurses and other members of the healthcare team.
Responds to escalations of potential safety hazards or gaps from best practice by correcting concerns following institutional chain of command protocol.
Monitors institutional information technology infrastructure and corrects gaps in clinical nurse documentation.
Leads staff participation in quality and safety initiatives and mandated compliance measures.
Demonstrates accountability for all unit quality and safety practices and compliance, and ensures required evaluation of staff competencies is maintained.
Operations and administration
Supports implementation of the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the department, throughout the clinical service and individual patient care units.
Provides administrative and clinical oversight to ensure that all activity (staffing, support services, inter disciplinary collaboration, resources and financial viability) supports the goals of the organization.
Works collaboratively with physician dyads and the healthcare team to promote patient care and regulatory standards.
Maintains a nursing unit in compliance with all regulatory agency mandates, including the regulations of NYS DOH and The Joint Commission.
Oversees 24 hour patient care delivery, throughput, staffing and processes to ensure efficient and effective operations.
Prepares, implements and monitors unit budgets, including capital equipment allocation, budget variances, management of OT and vacancies according to MSHS financial goals.
Maintains control of established positions and manages the recruitment and retention of qualified staff.
Maintains patient/employee confidentiality in the management of information.
Evaluates nursing staff performance and mentors, coaches, counsels and disciplines staff as needed.
Monitors availability and maintenance of nursing equipment and supplies.
Conducts regular staff meetings to ensure communication with staff about progress, changes and compliance with all hospital policies and procedures.
Encourages, recognizes and rewards staff participation in quality and safety initiatives, compliance and successes.
Facilitates organizational change initiatives by using effective strategies.
Leads a shared decision making model by establishing a structure of shared governance, just culture and staff engagement in practice councils, departmental meetings and initiatives.
Interprets and implements collective bargaining agreements affecting staff.
Responds to protest of assignment in a timely manner as detailed in the collective bargaining agreement and discusses the resolution in unit staff meetings.
Professional Development
Performs as a clinical leader who actively creates and supports nursing practice and an environment of care that reflects clinical excellence.
Organizes the environment of care to support clinical colleagues, patients and their families and members of the healthcare team.
Projects and cultivates a professional image to colleagues by communicating caring, respect, compassion, empathy and trust.
Incorporates ethical principles into decision making for patient and family in collaboration with the clinical nursing staff and the healthcare team.
Fosters a spirit of scholarship, inquiry, life-long learning and innovation for self and others.
Acquires and disseminates knowledge and skills relative to the role, patient population, clinical specialty and global or local health community needs.
Leads shared decision making through unit/service practice councils, nursing department and hospital committees, and clinical service/unit initiatives.
Serves as a professional role model and preceptor for new leadership staff and students.
Integrates the values of research and evidence-based practice and its application to nursing practice and the environment of care.
Contributes to the profession of nursing through leadership and participation inprofessional organizations.
Requirements:
Bachelor of Science with a major in nursing required; Masters in nursing or health related field preferred.
NY RN License
BCLS / ACLS Cert.
3 years minimum clinical nursing experience with some Charge Nurse/Supervisory experience preferred. Must have relevant clinical competence in area of nursing practice assigned.
CSICU / Cardiac ICU / Cardiothoracic Stepdown RN experience
Expanding the possibilities
Here, innovation is valued and collaboration is more than a buzzword. The health system is full of friendly, helpful people who share a common devotion to delivering extraordinary patient care. Yet we're as diverse as the city we call home-culturally, ethnically, in outlook and lifestyle. Over 38,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve. We offer our employees a highly competitive compensation and benefit package, a 403(b) retirement plan, and much more.
Strength Through Diversity
We promote recognition and respect for individual and cultural differences, and always aim to make our employees feel valued and appreciated. We believe that diversity is a driver for excellence. Therefore, regardless of your age, race/ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, military/veteran status, disability status, religious belief or other defining characteristics, we value the impact your differences have on creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
Qualifications
What You’ll Bring:
BSN is required
Master's in Nursing and Certification in specialty area are preferred
New York State License with current registration
Progressive job related experience specific to area of responsibility
About Us
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.
Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
“About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans