Nurse Practitioner

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Nurse Practitioner to join our Gastroenterology team at Mount Sinai Health System. As a key member of our interdisciplinary team, you will provide high-quality patient care, educate patients and families, and contribute to the development of our clinical programs.

• Assess and evaluate patient needs for, and responses to, care rendered and applies sound nursing judgment in patient care management decisions.
• Provides direct, continuous, (where applicable), care for a specific caseload of patients through application of the nursing process based upon theory, research, and approved Department of Nursing and institutional standards.
• Coordinates patient care activities, based on established priorities, including teaching, rounding, counseling, and discharge planning, and directs/delegates appropriately to members of the health care team.
• Participates in performance improvement, nursing quality, nursing research activities and utilizes same in clinical practice.
• Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for nursing practice and the delivery of safe, competent patient care.

• Bachelor of Science with a major in Nursing.
• Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing hired prior to January 1995.
• Associate Degree or Diploma in Nursing with current matriculation in a BSN program with graduation date within one year of hire will be considered by the Clinical Director of Nursing.
• Must have relevant clinical competence in area of nursing practice; new graduates possess current knowledge of the nursing process and its application.

Mt. Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education.

We advance health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked in various specialties.

We are an equal opportunity employer and comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.