Float Pool Nurse - Rehab Medicine - Nyc Health Hospitals : Job Details

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue is America's oldest public hospital, established in 1736. Affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine, the 844-bed hospital is a major referral center for highly complex cases, with its 6,000 employees including highly skilled, interdisciplinary clinical staff. It sees more than 110,000 emergency room visits and 500,000 outpatient visits annually. Bellevue is an academic medical institution of international renown. We have served as an incubator for major innovations in public health, medical science, and medical education. Bellevue is a Level I Trauma Center delivering around-the-clock care in adult, pediatric, psychiatric and pediatric psychiatric emergencies as well as in the nationally-designated categories of cardiology, neurology, toxicology, and neonatology. In addition to providing comprehensive inpatient and outpatient state-of-the-art care Bellevue is a city-wide medical specialty referral source. Bellevue's clinical centers of excellence include: Emergency Medicine and Trauma Care; Cardiovascular Services; Designated Regional Perinatal Center and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (ICU); Comprehensive Children's Psychiatric Emergency Program; and Cancer Services. At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.Job DescriptionPurpose of Position:Under supervision, provides professional nursing care to patients/clients within an assigned unit. Diagnoses and treats responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case-finding, health teaching, health counseling and the provision of care supportive to and restorative of life and well-being.Examples of Typical Tasks:1. Identifies and discriminates between physical and psycho-social signs and symptoms. Selects and performs those therapeutic measures which are essential for effective execution of the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.2. Develops, implements and evaluates the nursing regimen for assigned patients/clients.3. Records and maintains nursing care plans and progress notes on patients/clients to ensure continuity of care.4. Interprets and reports responses of patients/clients to appropriate members of the health team.5. Participates with other health team members to plan a comprehensive patient care program.6. Determines and assigns those components of the nursing regimen which may be carried out by allied nursing personnel.7. Provides teaching, guidance and direction to allied nursing personnel in rendering patient care.8. Participates in defining, implementing, maintaining and interpreting standards of nursing practice.9. Participates in departmental and interdisciplinary conferences pertaining to policies and procedures affecting nursing practice.Minimum Qualifications1. A valid New York State license and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State; and2. One (1) year of clinical nursing experience in the specialty area in which assigned to float; and3. Holds or obtains a valid and current certification in Basic Life Support (BLS) through the American Heart Association (AHA).Department PreferencesMinimum 1 -2 years of experience on a Medical/Surgical unit in an acute care setting.NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs