Clinical Nurse II- M4 : Medicine

Clinical Nurse II- M4 : Medicine at Albany Medical Center summary :

The Clinical Nurse II in the Medical Surgical Hospitalist unit is responsible for assessing, coordinating, planning, and managing the care of patients throughout their hospital stay, ensuring a focus on discharge planning. This role emphasizes the delivery of compassionate and competent patient care, while fostering a collaborative work environment and participating in quality improvement initiatives. Nurses are expected to respect individual differences and maintain a safe and secure environment for all patients and staff.

Department / Unit :

Medical Surgical Hospitalist M4

Work Shift :

Night (United States of America)

The Registered Professional Nurse assesses, coordinates, plans, directs, implements and manages the needs of

assigned patients throughout the episode of care with a focus on progress toward discharge, including during

transitions within the acute care stay. The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for the delivery and

coordination of patient care provided by the caregiving team. S / he assures that competent, compassionate

patient care is uniformly provided to customers including referring facilities, hospital staff and patients in the

inpatient, ambulatory, and community settings.

• Registered Professional Nurses that participate in the Nursing Professional Advancement Pathway (NPAP)

must progress from novice to competent within a specialty. Nurses are eligible to apply for advancement to

proficient or expert status as outlined in the NPAP

Salary Range : $34.65 - $35.69

1. Contributes to the creation of a compassionate and caring environment for patients, families and colleagues through displays of kindness and active listening. Recognizes and appreciates that each employee’s work is valuable and contributes to the success of the Mission.

2. Demonstrates excellence in daily work. Actively participates in performance and quality improvement activities and works toward enhancing customer / patient satisfaction.

3. Exhibits positive service excellence skills to patients, visitors and coworkers by greeting others in a friendly manner, keeping customers / patients / colleagues informed about progress, delays and changes.

4. Demonstrates effective teamwork by interacting in a positive manner with colleagues and creating a collaborative work environment. Initiates open communication, conveys positive intent, offers assistance.

5. Contributes to a safe and secure environment for patients, visitors, colleagues by following established procedures and protocols, which address the needs of a diverse patient population and workforce.

6. Demonstrates stewardship by thoughtful and responsible use of resources including maintaining a clean and hospitable environment, starting work on time, displaying a consciousness regarding costs, supplies and department finances. 7. Demonstrates respect for individual differences of each person by acknowledging the essence of each person, appreciating and responding to unique, spiritual, personal and cultural backgrounds of patients, families and colleagues.

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Albany Medical is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Medical Center, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that :

Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Center policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Keywords :

Clinical Nurse, Registered Nurse, Patient Care, Healthcare, Compassionate Care, Teamwork, Quality Improvement, Hospital Nursing, Patient Satisfaction, Medical Surgical