Clinical Nurse I - Ambulatory Services

What You Will Be Doing

As an integral member of our Magnet Nursing team, the successful RN candidate will be focused on patient advocacy and delivering the highest quality of care to our patients!

Working in an evidence-based nursing environment that commands excellence every day, you will provide comprehensive outpatient nursing care to our patients and their families in this ambulatory care setting.

• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary health care teams to maintain the standards of professional nursing practices in a clinical setting
• Systematically collect comprehensive data on patients’ health (from patients and/or family members), using appropriate assessment techniques
• Analyze assessment data to determine diagnosis
• Clinical job duties include but are not limited to, providing medication injections, rooming patients for providers, patient/family education, conducting pre-calls prior to new patient visits, pending orders for physicians, following up on lab results, responding to patient messages by phone and electronically in EPIC, cast application and removal
• Educates the patient and family to facilitate and promote healthy adjustment to new or changed health patterns
• Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age and cultural groups in all patient care activities
• Ensure that all physician orders are carried out appropriately and timely; work collaboratively with ancillary staff, including Patient Care Assistants
• Integrate patient care standards in all clinical activities; participate in performance improvement activities to improve patient safety, quality of care and patient outcomes
• Maintain sensitivity and awareness of cultural and religious diversity when addressing patients, visitors, co-workers and other customers
• Promote a supportive and team-oriented environment
• Acquires and maintains current knowledge and competence to fulfill responsibilities
• Engages in self-assessment and participates in activities to promote own professional growth and development
• Support departmental responsibilities consistent with the long-range strategic plan, mission, vision and values of the hospital

Minimum Requirements

• BSN from an accredited school of nursing required
• 2+ years of orthopedic experience including cast applications and removal
• NYS RN license and registration required
• BLS certification required

Essential Qualifications

• EPIC knowledge preferred
• Your scope of duties will include internal medicine, rheumatology, endocrinology, peri-op medicine competence, incorporating physical and emotional assessments, age specific competency, critical thinking skills, and educating patients and their family members regarding their plan of care and clinical pathway
• Solid assessment skills to maintain efficiency in a fast-paced environment
• Strong patient centered approach with emphasis on providing exemplary and world-class customer service
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Self-motivated and proactive; a team player who knows how to think critically in a fast-paced, challenging environment
• Active participant in seeking solutions to problems

Non-Discrimination Policy

Hospital for Special Surgery is committed to providing high quality care and skilled, compassionate, reliable service to our community in a safe and healing environment. Consistent with this commitment, Hospital for Special Surgery provides care, admits, and treats patients and provides all services without regard to age, race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, national origin, culture, language, physical or mental disability, socioeconomic status, veteran or military status, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, or local law or by accreditation standards.