Registered Nurse - 2 East Bhu

At Garnet Health, the Hudson Valley’s leading integrated health system, you’ll find the perfect balance of a satisfying career and a rewarding lifestyle. Our focus is on patient-centric care with a collective of visionary leaders and dedicated and caring professionals working as a team to deliver the best for the people we serve. If you’re interested in a health system that’s both growing and award-winning, serving a diverse community that provides the best of both city and rural life, we invite to make your career home with us as a Registered Nurse on our 2 East Behavorial Health (BHU) team at/in Garnet Health Medical Center-Middletown.

• Assurance of safe, quality, and evidence-based practice.
• Influence on social and public policy.
• Advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry.
• Attention to the range of human experiences and responses to health and illness within the physical and social environments.
• Integration of assessment data with knowledge gained from an appreciation of the patient of the group.
• Application of scientific knowledge to the processes of diagnosis and treatment through the use of judgment and critical thinking.
• Provision of a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing.

• Active New York State Nursing License in good standing

• Associate, Baccalaureate (preferred), Master’s, or Doctorate Degree in Nursing from an Accredited School of Nursing.

• American Nurses Association endorsed Certifications or Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses Certification Preferred (*Based on Certification specialty hours of work requirement).

• Ergonomic stressors includes moderate to frequent heavy (lifting, positioning, pushing, and/ or transferring of patients). Must participate in Safe Patient Handling Initiatives.
• Considerable standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching. Considerable visual demands.
• New Hires - Must be able to perform RN essential physical functioning demands as determined by Employee Health / Pre-Screening Assessment
• American with Disability Act Requirements: External and Internal applicants, as well as position incumbents, must be able to perform the essential position responsibilities as listed in this position description either aided or unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation to be determined by the organization on a case by case basis.
• During any patient transferring task, if any caregiver is required to lift more than 35 lbs of a patient's weight, then the patient should be considered to be fully dependent and assistive devices should be used. (Waters, T. [2007]

• Ability to multi-task. Required detailed attention to work in an environment where interruptions cannot be controlled. Demonstrates sensitivity to customer needs and expectations.
• Work schedules may include irregular hours including nights and weekends.
• Ability to foster collaborative relationships, to work well under pressure, to organize and synthesize new information and prioritize tasks. Possess critical thinking, analytical skills and flexibility.

• OSHA Directive CPL-03-00-016:
  • Contact with patient’s under a wide variety of circumstances.
  • May be exposed to unpleasant patient elements (exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material).
  • Subject to varying and unpredictable situations.
  • Handles emergency and crisis situations.
  • Must wear Personal Protective Equipment to ensure your safety which may include items such as gloves, safety glasses, respirators, or coveralls, vests, lead vests, and full body suits.
  • May have contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.
• Contact with patient’s under a wide variety of circumstances.
• Handles emergency and crisis situations.
• May be exposed to unpleasant patient elements (exposure to blood and other potentially infectious material).
• Subject to varying and unpredictable situations.
• Must wear Personal Protective Equipment to ensure your safety which may include items such as gloves, safety glasses, respirators, or coveralls, vests, lead vests, and full body suits.
• May have contact with chemical, radiological, physical, electrical, mechanical, or other workplace hazards.
• ORMC abides with the New York Department of Labor / Nursing Licensure Board recommendation on the 16 hour work limit.

• Immediately takes action, where appropriate, to minimize the risk of injury. Where appropriate to staff member’s responsibilities, reports errors, when these occur, to supervisor and in the MIDAS RDE system on an Incident report. Participates when appropriate in Root Cause Analysis and/or other efforts to reduce the risk of medical error and/or patient or staff harm.
• Identifies and reports any potentially dangerous situations which could cause medical error and/or patient or staff harm.
• Recognizes the importance of patient/staff safety precautions as it relates to specific department and area of responsibility.
• Consistently utilizes precautions and follows appropriate procedure to enhance patient/staff safety in daily operations.

• In certain clinical areas additional AHA training may be required. If you are transferring to one of these areas you must have the appropriate training prior to beginning the position.
• All clinical nurses must have BLS and this training must be kept current.
• Clinical nurses are accountable for completing their annual / required mandatory training within certain time frames
  • All clinical nurses must have BLS and this training must be kept current.
  • In certain clinical areas additional AHA training may be required. If you are transferring to one of these areas you must have the appropriate training prior to beginning the position.