Endoscopy Registered Nurse
As Mount Sinai grows, so does our legacy of caring

Located in the heart of Miami Beach, overlooking the breathtaking intracoastal waterway, Mount Sinai Medical Center is dedicated to providing exceptional health care to our diverse community enhanced through innovation, technology, teaching, and research.

Mount Sinai is South Florida's largest private independent not-for-profit hospital with 672 beds, and a tight-knit community of more than 4,000 employees.

We provide world-class care:

• Named one of America's 250 Best Hospitals for 2020 and 2021 by Healthgrades, positioning Mount Sinai among the top 5% of hospitals in the nation for overall clinical excellence.
• A pioneer in innovative medical research in areas such as cardiology, cancer, memory disorders and pulmonary diseases
• The BEST cardiac surgery survival rate in Florida
• A new seven-story Surgical Tower with 154 all-private rooms and patient centered technology promotes an exceptional patient experience

Position Responsibilities:

• Adheres to and complies with all regulatory standards globally to profession and specific to unit
• Understands all new physician orders must be implemented within two hours of initiation for routine and within 30 minutes or less for stat
• Understands and is able to prepare patient for invasive and / or non invasive medical procedures ensuring universal protocol compliance
• Understands and is able to administer medication per physicians orders adhering to the hospital approved patient identifiers, following the 5 rights of patient medication administration
• Utilizes chain of command to communicate changes in patient condition and initiate timely interventions to prevent negative patient outcomes
• Maintains current licensure and annual competencies as specific to assignment, keeping written evidence on file at all times
• Understands the procedures to ensure continuity of patient profile/kardex and/or procedure preference cards or other unit specific tools, in a timely manner
• Assures continuity of patient care assessment and reassessment as per policy
• Ensures and understands the safety aspect of clinical alarms
• Follows the National Patient Safety goals as requiredFollows Patient Safety goals as established by the department; supports effective responses to adverse and sentinel events; provides an on-going proactive approach to reduce risk; integrates patient safety as a priority into new and existing processes
• Is available to participate as a member of either Team A or Team B of the Hurricane Activation Plan, as assigned
• Reports incidents to supervisor and Risk Management department within required timeframe in accordance with medical center policy
• Follows the completion of incident reporting policy
• Complies with current Hospital security and safety polices
• Performs initial vital signs and admission history to include introduction to patient and family
• Assessment of chief complaint and notification of physician within 15 minutes of arrival to unit
• Obtains and documents a complete nursing admission assessment, including physiological and psychological factors to develop an interdisciplinary plan of care within eight hours of admission
• Performs and documents an accurate systems assessment at the beginning of each shift
• Responds to diagnostic data and initiates appropriate action or intervention
• Assesses patient education needs on admission and daily
• Assesses psychosocial needs specific to patient's age, growth, and development

Qualifications:

• Graduated from an accredited Nursing School
• Prior Hospital experience
• ACLS/BLS Required
• Registered Nurse, FL license

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
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness program
• On-site housing for selected positions and more!