Clinical Nurse II - PACU (Day)

About the role

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe.

Responsibilities

• Work reciprocally with other members of the perioperative team
• Implement the nursing process for surgical patients requiring intensive monitoring and nursing interventions in an acute and critical 24-hour setting
• Safely recover post-operative patients of varying ages emerging from anesthesia
• Actively participate in multidisciplinary collaboration to provide high-quality, evidence-based, and safe patient care
• Assure completion of required diagnostic and evaluative tests, providing related patient education and post-operative clinical assessments
• Educate patients and families on post-operative care, including medication usage and wound care prior to discharge

Qualifications

• NYS RN license, BSN
• BLS required; ACLS and PALS preferred
• Minimum of 1.5+ years of related clinical experience in acute care
• Critical care experience and related certification highly preferred

Core Skills

• Willing to take action and eager to adopt new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and passion
• A skilled decision-maker, with a proven track record of making timely decisions that ensure quality nursing care
• Actively seeks new ways to grow and be challenged through formal and informal development
• Absorbs feedback and uses it to improve performance
• Builds strong relationships and delivers patient-centered care
• Effective communicator, able to tailor communication across audiences

Additional Information

• Location: 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
• Schedule: 12-hours shift flexed from 8am to midnight Monday through Saturday with weekend rotation required. This position requires a 13-shift schedule per month.
• Reports to: Nurse Leader
• Pay Range: $113,100.00 - $180,900.00
• FSLA Status: Exempt