Field Nurse - Home Care Division - SIGN ON BONUS - $5,000

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is a 591-bed university-affiliated medical center offering sophisticated diagnostic and therapeutic care in virtually every specialty and subspecialty of medicine and surgery. We are a major regional healthcare resource with a deep commitment to medical education and research, providing a full complement of inpatient and outpatient services.

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Field Nurse in the Home Care Division. In this role, the successful candidate provides safe, quality, therapeutic age-appropriate nursing care using evidence-based practice. The nurse uses clinical expertise in assessment, clinical decision-making, clinical practice, and patient education, and coordinates care with the interdisciplinary team to promote optimum patient outcomes and satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Completes a comprehensive nursing assessment including but not limited to physical, functional, psychosocial, emotional, cognitive, sexual, cultural, age-related, environmental, spiritual, transpersonal, and economic factors in a systematic and ongoing process while honoring the uniqueness of the patient.
• Derives diagnoses and needs from the assessment data, validates the diagnoses, and collaborates with the patient, family, caregivers, and physician to develop an individualized plan of care to attain expected quality outcomes.
• Responsible for the coordination of care by interacting and collaborating with other members of the healthcare team to optimize patient outcomes, patient satisfaction, and healthcare goals.
• Delivers direct nursing care, ongoing assessment, teaching, and training to patients and caregivers that preserves and protects patient autonomy, dignity, rights, values, and benefits using evidence-based nursing practice.
• Identifies deficits and barriers to effective knowledge and understanding of education provided to patients. Employs strategies to optimize patient engagement. Demonstrates caring behaviors toward patients, family, and other caregivers.
• Completes and maintains accurate, complete, and timely documentation reflecting the assessment, examination, diagnosis, prognosis, plan of care, education intervention, and evaluation according to Federal, Department of Health, and The Joint Commission requirements.
• Assists Agency leadership with achieving corporate goals, improving quality of patient care outcomes, and patient satisfaction. Participates in Agency quality assessment and performance improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Current Registered Professional Nurse license in New York.
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required.
• Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association.
• Fluent written and spoken English language skills.
• 1-2 years of experience in an Acute Care facility OR Home Health, Hospice, and Long-Term Home Health Care Program.
• Excellent communication (both oral and written), interpersonal, and customer service skills.
• Critical thinking skills.
• Working knowledge of computers.

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

Benefits

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island provides a comprehensive benefits and wellness package designed to support employees and their loved ones at every stage of life. Offerings include:

• A robust support system for career development, starting a family, or saving for retirement.
• Financial security benefits and a generous time-off program.
• Employee resource groups for peer support.
• Access to a holistic employee wellness program focusing on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive care well-being.

Pay

The salary range for this role is $116,515.08 - $141,265.08 annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. This range does not include bonuses, incentive pay, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits.