Job Description:

NYC Health + Hospitals is an integrated network of hospitals, community-based health centers, long-term care & rehabilitation facilities, home care services, correctional health services and a health plan, MetroPlus in more than 70 patient care locations across the five boroughs of New York City.

Position:

· Role: RN MedSurg

· Job Location: Bronx, Manhattan

· Facilities: Harlem Hospital, Lincoln Hospital

· Shift: Mornings (7:00am to 7:30pm) or nights (7:30pm to 8:00am). Rotating weekends is a requirement and workers must report as scheduled including holidays.

· Job Duration: 13+ Weeks (With the potential to convert into FTE or high possibility of extension)

· Pay Range: $60/hr to $65/hr

Responsibilities:

Conducts Nursing assessment based on interview, examination, observation, and review of records of the patient

Ensures that the patient's progress, or lack of progress, is reflected in progress notes and the revised care plans

Discharge planning is consistent with the patient's status and reflects inter-departmental and inter-agency communication

Communicates information to the patient based on the patient's level of awareness and readiness to learn

Supports orientation of new staff members by observing professional behaviors, providing feedback to the staff member and by acting as a preceptor, role model and a resource person

Functions as a professional role model and mentor for students and volunteers.

Patient care assignments reflecting an awareness of patient needs and skill level of personnel

Organization of provision of care to meets priority needs of patients and unit

Communicates condition of patients and unit requiring additional intervention to the leadership person in the relevant discipline

Requirements:

· New York State RN License

· 2 years of acute care nursing experience in MedSurg

· BLS certification from AHA required

Education:

· Bachelor or Associate of Science in Nursing

Benefits:

· High probability of extensions and full-time conversions

· Competitive Salaries and Referral Bonuses

· Professional Development and training

· State-of-the-art equipment and training

· Recognition Programs