Maimonides Medical Center

RN

Maimonides Medical Center • $70K — $95K *
Brooklyn, NY 11226In-Person
Hospitals & Medical Centers
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Graduation from an accredited school of Nursing required.
  • Current New York State Licensure as a Registered Nurse required.
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
  • Experience in a medical/surgical setting highly valued.
  • Ability to assess and document patient care effectively.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct comprehensive patient assessments and document observations.
  • Deliver direct nursing care while maintaining patient safety standards.
  • Initiate patient and family education and support discharge planning.
  • Collaborate with healthcare team members to enhance patient outcomes.
  • Document nursing care plans and patient responses in focus charting.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Exposure to a diverse patient population.
  • Access to advanced clinical practices and technologies.
Full Job Description
Overview

Under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager or Assistant Nurse Manager, provides direct nursing care to patients.

Medical/Surgical - Kronish 7

Full-Time

7am - 7:30pm

Responsibilities

  • Assessment, treatment and patient care responsibilities are delivered with a knowledge of patient growth and development and are appropriate to the ages of the patients served.


ASSESSMENT
  • Identifies and documents initial observation and assessment of the patient's needs for immediate nursing action.
  • Systematically and accurately assesses nursing needs of the patient in order to detect pertinent changes in the clinical picture.
  • Identifies appropriate foci.
  • Selects, plans, evaluates, and documents care based on this assessment. Documents patient's plan of care in focus charting format.
  • Assesses, intervenes, and documents appropriately to meet patient's educational, psychosocial, and discharge planning needs.
  • Initiates appropriate referrals to other departments, services, and/or outside agencies for patientcare.


DIRECT PATIENT CARE
  • Gives comprehensive patient care.
  • Initiates and follows through with patient and family teaching.
  • Consults with unit Nursing Leadership regarding significant changes in patient's condition.
  • Collaborates with all members of the health care team.
  • Communicates patient care needs (foci) on shift-to-shift report.
  • Utilizes patient care standards in clinical practice.
  • Documents pertinent information regarding patient's response to treatment and progression toward goals in patient's chart.
  • Writes comprehensive focus note which prioritizes patient care needs.
  • Documents patient/family education in the Interdisciplinary Patient/Family Education form
  • Seeks clarification of physician's orders that are unclear or inappropriate.
  • Interprets clinical data and notifies the physician promptly if immediate changes in management are indicated.
  • Administers intravenous medications in compliance with policies and procedures.
  • Titrates medicated infusions as per physician's prescriptive, protocols, and standard.

SAFETY
  • Checks to ensure that emergency equipment is on hand and in good working order.
  • Recognizes and reports malfunction or failure of equipment used in the area to Biomedical Engineering; takes appropriate action to repair/replace such equipment (e.g., ventilators, cardiac monitors, defibrillators, suction apparatus, pumps, doppler, tank, NIPP, and pacemaker).
  • Checks that all monitoring equipment and ventilator alarms are set according to standards.

INDIRECT PATIENT CARE ACTIVITIES
  • Participates in patient care rounds by presenting findings on patients.
  • Applies principles of infection control and safety.
  • Assists in the orientation of new personnel.
  • Provides clinical supervision of LPNs, Nursing Attendants, Patient Care Technicians, Unit Care Assistants and other ancillary staff.
  • Maintains established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality assurance program, safety, environmental, and infection control standards; promotes adherence to Patient Bill of Rights.
  • Indicates an Essential Job Function.

Qualifications

Graduation from accredited school of Nursing.

Current NYS licensure as Registered Nurse. BSN preferred.

About Maimonides Medical Center

Maimonides Medical Center is a non-profit, non-sectarian hospital located in Borough Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York. Maimonides is both a treatment facility and academic medical center with 711 beds, and more than 70 primary care and sub-specialty programs. As of August 1, 2016, Maimonides Medical Center was an adult and pediatric trauma center, and Brooklyn's only pediatric trauma center.
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Industry
Healthcare
Founded
1911
* Ladders Estimates

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