Clinical Nurse I

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 have a strong patient centered approach with emphasis on providing exemplary and world-class customer service.

As a member of our nursing team, you will demonstrate the ability to assess and interpret age specific and population-specific data and provide appropriate communication levels, treatment and care.

Your capacity to collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and promote the highest standards of care and safety is critical to the mission of Nursing in HSS.

You will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary health care teams to maintain the standards of professional nursing practices in the clinical setting.

You will integrate patient care standards in all clinical activities; participate in performance improvement activities to improve patient safety, quality of care and patient outcomes.

The RN will maintain sensitivity and awareness of cultural and religious diversity when addressing patients, visitors, co-workers and other customers.

Responsibilities

• Critical care, clinical competence
• Provide comprehensive pre- and post-operative nursing care to pediatric and adult patients
• Recognizes and responds appropriately to patient change in condition such as Cardiac rhythm or respiratory distress in the post operative phase
• Care for the patient’s post-surgery recovery by observing patients for side effects of anesthesia
• Monitoring patient’s level of consciousness throughout sedation recovery
• Communicates appropriate information and patient advocacy regarding pre-operative / post operative conditions to those who require the information including surgeons and anesthesiologist

Experience Required

• 1+ years’ of acute care experience

Experience Preferred

• Critical care experience

Education Required

• BSN from an accredited school of nursing

Certifications Required

• NYS RN license and registration required
• AHA BLS, ACLS, PALS certification required