Registered Nurse - Endoscopy - Full Time… at Montefiore… · Maple…

City/State: White Plains, New York Department: Endoscopy WPH Work Shift: Day Work Days: MON-FRI, ON CALL Scheduled Hours: 9 AM-7 PM Hours Per Pay Period: 77.5 Pay Rate/Range: $58.4096 - $75.8096

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Job Summary

The Registered Nurse provides direct patient care. The Registered Nurse collaborates with patients, family/significant others, peers, physicians, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team in the delivery of healthcare services to patients. The Registered Nurse assesses the patient's needs, plans care, implements and evaluates the medical and nursing regimens in accordance with the hospital and nursing philosophy, policies/procedures and standards. He or she demonstrates leadership skills and commitment to professional accountability and growth.

Essential Functions

• Understands and adheres to the WPH Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors.
• Provides respectful care for all patients that allows for and promotes mutual respect, shared decision making and informed consent all the time while respecting a patient’s autonomy and dignity regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, language, or any other protected group status.
• The L&D RN provides respectful birthing care that allows for and promotes mutual respect, shared decision making and informed consent all the time while respecting a patient’s autonomy and dignity regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity, religion, language, or any other protected group status.
• The NICU RN provides management of the NICU Infant requiring Inter-facility transport.
• Utilizes the nursing process to meet the age specific needs of the patient in all aspects of care: biophysical, psychosocial, education, safety/ environment, and discharge planning
• Utilizes appropriate steps in the decision-making process to include recognition and priority setting related to patient care and unit-based issues. Addresses issues with appropriate actions
• Administers blood and blood products according to policy
• Collaborates and communicates with the interdisciplinary health care team
• Integrates patient rights and nursing ethics into work practice
• Adheres to infection control standards to reduce the risk of nosocomial infections to patient and staff.
• Adheres to the tenets of the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals
• Delegates activities to ancillary staff as it relates to the State Nurse Practice Act
• Adheres to the ANA Code of Nursing Ethics & Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice
• Supports, promotes, and practices within the WPH Professional Nursing Practice Model
• Sustains and advances the Magnet model
• Participates in the Performance Improvement initiatives
• Completes competency requirements
• Attends mandatory in-services
• Attends staff meetings as required/requested
• Utilizes cost containment practices
• Assumes Charge Nurse responsibility
• Performs other related duties as assigned

Qualifications

• BSN Required or
• MSN
• less than 1 year Prior patient experience preferred Preferred
• 1-3 years 1 year of acute care nursing experience for areas other than medical surgical nursing or step-down Required
• Knowledge of current nursing, medical and health trends and practices in rendering of patient care. (Medium proficiency)
• Assessment Skills
• Sound Problem-Solving, Judgment and Decision-Making Skills
• Must be able to adapt in a high stress and fast-paced environment with multiple interruptions
• Must be able to detect sounds and respond to emergency sounds/signals at all times
• Must be able to constantly operate computer, equipment and other devices
• Position requires ability to concentrate on fine detail with interruptions and attend to tasks for more than sixty (60) minutes at a time.
• Individual must be able to understand and relate to theories behind several related concepts and remember multiple tasks given during the course of a day.
• Registered Nurse New York - New York State Board of Nursing Required
• BLS Basic Life Support - American Heart Association Required
• ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support - American Heart Association All inexperienced RNs (except NICU & OR) within 1 Year Required
• ACLS - Advanced Cardiac Life Support - American Heart Association All newly hired experienced RNs (except NICU & OR) within 180 Days Required
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association Required for all newly hired inexperienced RNs working in PACU, 5I Pediatrics, ER, Armonk Urgent Care, Ambulatory Surgery & 226 Ambulatory Surgery Center within 1 Year Required
• PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support - American Heart Association For newly hired, experienced nurses PALS certification (through American Heart Association) is required for all RNs working in the PACU, 5I Pediatrics, Emergency Department, Armonk Urgent Care, Ambulatory Surgery and 226 Ambulatory Surgery Center within 6 months within 180 Days Required
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program - American Heart Association NRP certification is required for all RNs working in the Mother-Baby unit, Labor & Delivery, and NICU. All newly hired nurses to the NICU, L&D, and Mother-Baby must receive this certification within 6 months within 180 Days Required
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program - American Heart Association Effective 10/31/25 Experienced RNs on 5I pediatrics will have 6 months to obtain within 180 Days Required
• NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation Program - American Heart Association Effective 10/31/25 all RNs working on 5I are required to have NRP. New graduates will have 12 months to obtain within 1 Year Required
• All registered nurses and advanced practice nurses providing direct oncology care must demonstrate one of the following:

a. Current cancer-specific certification in the nurse’s specialty by an accredited certification program. Oncology nursing certifications that qualify include, but are not limited to: AOCNP®, AOCNS®, AOCN®, BMTCN®, CPHON®, CPON®, CBCN® OCN®

or

b. Ongoing education by earning 36 cancer-related continuing education nursing contact hours every 3 years (maintained by department manager)

within 1 Year Preferred

• Registered Nurses in the Emergency Department must complete de-escalation training within 1 year of hire to transfer to the Emergency Department. within 1 Year

White Plains Hospital Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. White Plains Hospital Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.