Registered Nurse 2, Recovery Room Job at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, New York, NY

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  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Job Description

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit

PEF

Job Summary

The Department of Perioperative Services at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse 2, Recovery Room.

Distinguishing Characteristics

Advanced performance level; provides direct nursing care to individuals in an acute care environment requiring advanced clinical interventions; performs professional nursing functions in three areas: direct individual care, preceptor, and clinical management.

Illustrative Duties

Direct Individual Care

  • Provides nursing care to individuals in an acute care environment requiring complex nursing skills; uses advanced knowledge and skill in nursing assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation activities.
  • Observes and responds to individual emergency situations, and sets priorities for care based on individual acuity, preferences, and the possibility of effective intervention. Implements nursing interventions in response to changes in individual status and unusual circumstances.
  • Interprets assessment data to determine if individuals are at physiological or psychosocial risk.
  • Takes steps to decrease stress and increase the effectiveness of individual coping mechanisms; uses effective communication strategies with individuals, families, staff, and the general public.
  • Assesses individual status upon entry to the hospital and throughout hospitalization.
  • Identifies implications of individuals’ statuses and prioritizes data collection based on individuals’ immediate needs.
  • Identifies safety and security risks to promote a culture of safety and to prevent injury and harm to individuals, visitors, and staff.

Preceptor

  • Guides lower-level, and new to specialty, registered nurses in choosing nursing interventions, developing skills, and applying knowledge.
  • Serves as a resource nurse for staff members, orienting new staff and providing feedback on nursing skills for specialty care areas.
  • Develops and maintains care standards knowledge bases for specialty care areas and develops care guidelines for unit-specific individual populations.
  • Maintains a minimum standard of continuing education for specialty areas. Evaluates and assesses individual staff and nursing student development needs. Counsels and implements a variety of teaching strategies to meet those needs in consultation with nursing management staff.
  • Participates in in-service and other educational programs related to clinical specialties.
  • May identify, develop, and implement nursing research studies on clinical units, in consultation with medical staff consultants.

Clinical Management

  • Consults and coordinates with other health care team members to resolve complex clinical issues and develop short and long-term clinical goals for assigned units.
  • Integrates and evaluates clinical care knowledge specific to the needs of unit individuals; develops unit-specific policies and procedures in consultation with nursing management staff.
  • Identifies and implements corrective actions to improve the quality of individual care; may oversee equipment testing and supplies.
  • Leads and attends various hospital committees.
  • Assists Registered Nurse Supervisor 1 (T&RC) staff with implementing and achieving unit operating changes; may take charge of a unit in the absence of a Registered Nurse Supervisor 1 (T&RC).
  • Resolves individual relation issues. Identifies and reports issues related to individual care, operation, and quality outcomes. Identifies potential conflict situations and facilitates solutions.

Required Qualifications

  • Promotion: possession of a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State and 1-year of service as a Registered Nurse 1 (T&RC).
  • Open Competitive: possession of a license and current registration as a registered professional nurse in New York State; and two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience in the acute care specialty area.
  • Substitution: a Bachelor’s Degree in nursing may substitute for 1-year of post-licensure clinical nursing experience; and a master’s degree in nursing may substitute for two years of post-licensure clinical nursing experience.

Preferred Qualifications

Work Schedule:

Variable Days; 7:30am to 8:30pm (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank

S alary Range:

As per civil service guidelines

  • $106,795 to $130,781 based on years of experience and education (includes Location Pay & Geographic Differential) plus shift and/or inconvenience pay of $575 to $5,375, if applicable

Executive Order

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu

Job Tags

Full time, Temporary work, Immediate start, Shift work,

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