Registered Nurse - IRU - Part Time - Days

Promote and restore patient health by completing the nursing process, collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members, and providing support to patients, visitors, and families. Responsible for assessing, planning, promoting, and evaluating quality patient care. Provide teaching to patients, families, and the public while following the mission, vision, values, policies, and procedures of Mohawk Valley Health System.

Responsibilities

• Identify patient care requirements by establishing rapport with patients and families and understanding the plan of care throughout the patient’s experience.
• Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families.
• Promote patient independence by setting patient care goals, teaching patients, friends, and family about disease processes, medications, and self-care skills, and answering questions.
• Assure quality care by adhering to therapeutic standards, measuring health outcomes against patient care goals, and making or recommending adjustments to meet patient needs.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for individual nursing practice and determine appropriate delegation of tasks consistent with the obligation to provide optimum patient care.
• Ensure operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting malfunctions, calling for repairs, maintaining inventories, and evaluating equipment.
• Protect patients and employees by adhering to infection control policies, medication administration, controlled substance regulations, and universal precautions.
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Document patient care services accurately and timely in medical records in accordance with licensure and regulatory/hospital standards.
• Maintain continuity of care by communicating the plan of care and collaborating with the nursing team and multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain patient confidence and protect operations by keeping information confidential.
• Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock, anticipating needs, placing orders, and verifying receipt of supplies.
• Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, in-services, professional publications, and networking.
• Participate in the advancement of the profession through contributions to practice, education, administration, and knowledge development.
• Engage in quality improvement initiatives, including continuing education and participation in hospital-wide and unit-specific teams.
• Maintain cooperative relationships among the healthcare team by communicating information, building rapport, and participating in problem-solving.
• Provide service excellence to patients and families through empathetic, patient-centered care and manage needs using AIDET and positive service recovery methods.
• Respond to patient requests and make active referrals to subject matter experts who can fulfill them.
• Provide culturally sensitive care.
• Meet all MVHS and department competencies and training requirements.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program with an associate’s degree (required).
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing or higher degree from an accredited program (preferred).
• One or more years of experience in a related setting.
• Current New York State licensure as a Registered Nurse (required).
• Basic Life Support certification (preferred).

Schedule

• Days shift, 12.5 hours worked.
• Part-time, 0.6 FTE (975 hours per year or more).
• NYSNA - 12 HR schedule.

Pay

$40.19 - $56.51 per hour.