RN - 6 West

About Us: We’re Maimonides Health, Brooklyn’s largest healthcare system, serving over 250,000 patients each year through the system’s 3 hospitals, 1800 physicians and healthcare professionals, more than 80 community-based practices and outpatient centers. At Maimonides Health, our core values H.E.A.R.T drives everything we do. We uphold and maintain Honesty, Empathy, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork to empower our talented team, engage our respective communities and adhere to Planetree's philosophy of patient-centered care. The system is anchored by Maimonides Medical Center, one of the nation’s largest independent teaching hospitals and home to centers of excellence in numerous specialties; Maimonides Midwood Community Hospital (formerly New York Community Hospital), a 130-bed adult medical-surgical hospital; and Maimonides Children's Hospital, Brooklyn's only children's hospital and only pediatric trauma center. Maimonides' clinical programs rank among the best in the country for patient outcomes, including its Heart and Vascular Institute, Neuroscience Institute, Boneand Joint Center, and Cancer Center. Maimonides is an affiliate of Northwell Health and a major clinical training site for SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. Overview:

Under the general supervision of the Nursing Director or Assistant Nursing Director, provides direct nursing care to patients.

Neuro Medical/Surgical

Full-Time

7am – 7:30pm

Responsibilities:

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:

BASIC COMPETENCIES

Education:

Graduation from accredited school of Nursing; BSN preferred.

Current NYS licensure as RN.

Current BCLS certification required

Pay Range: USD $118,370.27 - USD $118,370.27 /Yr. Equal Employment Opportunity Employer: Maimonides Medical Center (MMC) is an equal opportunity employer.