Specialty Registered Nurse PreOp/PACU Sign on Bonus - Full Time As Mount Sinai grows, so does our legacy in high-quality health care.
Since 1949, Mount Sinai Medical Center has remained committed to providing access to its diverse community.
In delivering an unmatched level of clinical expertise, our medical center is committed to recruiting and training top healthcare workers from across the country.
We offer the latest in advanced medicine, technology, and comfort in 12 facilities across Miami-Dade (including our 674-bed main campus facility) and Monroe Counties, with 38 medical services, including cancer care, 24/7 emergency care, orthopedics, cardiovascular care, and more.
Mount Sinai takes pride in being South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit hospital, dedicated to continuing the training of the next generation of medical pioneers.
Culture of Caring: The Sinai Way
Our hardworking, tight-knit community of more than 4,000 dedicated employees fosters an environment of care and compassion.
Each member plays a vital role in our collective mission to deliver excellent healthcare through innovation, education, and research.
At Mount Sinai, we take pride in our achievements, aiming to be a beacon of quality healthcare in South Florida.
We welcome all healthcare professionals to join our thriving community and contribute to our pursuit for clinical excellence.
Position Responsibilities
•Modifies the interview techniques to adequately assess the newborn, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patient by identifying the physical, psychosocial, and educational needs common to these age group observing parent/child interactions, child's general appearance.
•Assess potential for compromised skin integrity, nutritional deficiencies, functional deficiencies, pain management history, and changes in elimination patterns within the newborn, infant, child, adolescent, adult and geriatric patient(s) making environmental changes or referrals as necessary.
•Completes physical assessment including discharge planning and care plan within departmental guidelines/times frames.
Assesses patient readiness to learn and provides ongoing patient education, documenting all interventions and outcomes using approved hospital forms.
Involves patient/family in developing plan of care and accomplishing outcome goals.
Consistently and actively participates with interdisciplinary team.
•Reviews and updates head to toe assessment as unit policy dictates and/or as patient conditions indicates.
•Prepares the Pre-Op holding area/PACU appropriately to receive a new admission/transfer, greeting the patient and family (if applicable), upon arrival and placing the appropriate monitoring equipment, applicable to specialty area and/or patient condition, within the standards of practice for the specialty area.
•Evaluates, assesses and documents patient's hemodynamic response to therapeutic intervention by accurate cardiovascular monitoring.
Reports abnormal rhythm to physician.
•Evaluates, assess and documents patient's cardio-respiratory status, including O2 saturation, and cardiac rhythm interpretation and reports abnormal values to physician.
•Competent in section and discontinuation of catheters, tubes and/or drains (or assisting with the intersection).
•Competent in the care of catheters, tubes and drains as per hospital guidelines/policies.
•Administers medication per physicians' orders with zero errors, respecting patients' rights and performing assessment, reassessment, assessing effectiveness and documentation according to hospital policy.
•Responds to Code blue, demonstrates calm, professional manner during a crisis or emergency.
Provides all patient care respectfully demonstrating/reviewing patient rights utilizing the nursing process and documenting in the acceptable hospital charting format.
•Initiates and maintains intravenous therapy as per hospital and infection control guidelines.
•Adheres to and complies with all regulatory standards globally to profession and specific to unit, consistent with their scope of practice.
•Performs initial vital signs and admission history to include introduction to patient and family.
Obtains and documents a complete nursing admission assessment, including physiological and psychological factors to develop a plan of care within eight hours of admission.
•Establishes priorities for patient care based on patients needs as evidence by completion of assigned duties within shift.
•All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
•Current RN FL State license
•BLS and ACLS required
•CPAN preferred
•Min.
1 year of experience
Benefits
We believe in the physical and mental well-being of our employees and are committed to offering comprehensive benefits that fit their personal needs.
Our robust employee benefits package includes:
•Health benefits
•Life insurance
•Long-term disability coverage
•Healthcare spending accounts
•Retirement plan
•Paid time off
•Pet Insurance
•Tuition reimbursement
•Employee assistance program
•Wellness program
•On-site housing for select positions and more!