PACU RN Parttime Shifts or Shifts

Overview

NYU Langone Health is a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical center with more than 200 locations throughout the New York area, including five inpatient locations, a children’s hospital, three emergency rooms and a level 1 trauma center. Also part of NYU Langone Health are the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center and NYU Grossman School of Medicine. NYU Langone Health values equity, diversity, and inclusion and strives to be a place where faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a SSN - CCVCU. In this role, the successful candidate carries out patient care responsibilities with emphasis on decision-making related to the steps in the nursing process, including assessment, diagnosis, identification of expected outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation. Provides competent, safe and compassionate care based on established NYUHC Patient Care and Nursing Standards.

As a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, formulates the initial plan of care with the provider (physician or nurse practitioner) and collaborates with them to implement a comprehensive patient-centered plan of care to achieve expected outcomes; utilizes principles of assignment and delegation consistent with the NY State Nurse Practice Act.

• Analyzes unit level quality data and participates in improvement efforts to achieve organizational goals within the quality and safety performance improvement plan, and to outperform benchmarks in nurse sensitive quality indicators (include unit based quality measures e.g. HAPU, CAUTI, CLABSI, Falls).
• Collects, assesses and documents patient healthcare data.
• Directs the patient/family and interdisciplinary team to identify a plan of care and outcomes that are realistic and measurable.
• Prioritizes care based upon data collected. Documents assessment and reassessment in medical records.
• Directs the coordination of patient care in a safe, timely and appropriate manner. Applies and supports the escalation process.
• Considers needs and behaviors of specific patient age groups and cultural groups in all patient care activities. Documents interventions per hospital standard.
• Educates the patient/family regarding health status and established plan of care. Determines learning needs and implements an educational plan. Utilizes EHR education tools.
• Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to modify expected outcomes. Documents learning outcomes of patient/family; evaluates and revises education plan.
• Evaluates the patient s progress towards expected outcomes. Involves the patient/family and interdisciplinary team in the evaluation process.
• Recognizes changes in patient condition and responds to variations in progress by modifying the interventions. Reports, documents and evaluates the effectiveness of the intervention(s).
• Coordinates and directs unit activities to provide patient care in a healing, humane and caring environment. Analyzes achievement of and contributes to unit throughput efficiencies and metrics.
• Complies with unit based and organizational professional standards, NYS Nurse Practice Act and regulations of relevant outside agencies. Organizes staff assignments to ensure appropriate delegation of activities.
• Demonstrates ability to differentiate activities in scope of professional nursing practice from those that may be delegated to ancillary staff. Complies with annual education and mandatory regulatory requirements. Serves as a support, resource and preceptor for nursing staff and students.
• Engages in self-assessment and peer review; utilizes resources to meet learning needs and promote professional development. Adheres to patient care and nursing standards and uses clinical practice guidelines.
• Participates in standard development and practice evaluation. Contributes to and utilizes the unit practice council structure to critically appraise and influence practice.

Current Registered Professional Nurse in New York, Bachelor s degree in Nursing, Basic Life Support Certification through the American Heart Association, fluent written and spoken English.

Registered Nurse License-NYS, Basic Life Support Certification

Membership in pertinent professional organizations preferred.

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

NYU Langone Health provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. We are an institution you can be proud of and where you ll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.

NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status,…