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 Nursing at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse 3, NS31 Labor & Delivery. The successful candidate will:

• Provide professional nursing care to patients within the framework of the Nursing Process.
• Diagnose and treat responses to actual or potential health problems by means of nursing methods and techniques such as case finding, health teaching, and health counseling.
• Provide care supportive to and restorative of health and well-being.
• Maintain safe levels of care while adhering to a medical regimen.
• Promote constructive communication among health team members.
• Collaborate with the physician and other health care providers.
• Represent UHB in a positive manner by demonstrating respect and courtesy to all internal and external customers.
• Communicate effectively with customers, visitors, patients and staff.
• Contribute to UHBs process improvement activities.
• Take an active role in managing resources.
• Use ethical principles to guide decisions and actions consistent with UHBs operating goals and objectives.
• Use appropriate policies and procedures to deliver quality services.
• Maintain a safe and efficient work environment.
• Perform nursing care using the nursing process as the framework.
• Provide an individualized plan of care based on data collected from the admission assessment and awareness of the expected length of stay.
• Incorporate patient/family/significant other teaching into routine care of the patient.
• Cooperate and work collaboratively towards a solution that generally benefits all involved parties; works cooperatively with others to accomplish unit and hospital objectives.
• Maintain a safe and efficient work environment.
• Foster a professional working environment.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing.
• Current active, full and unrestrictive New York State Registered Nurse License. 
• 2+ years of nursing experience. 
• Nationally recognized certification in their area of specialty required within the first 3-years of assuming the role. 

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As per civil service guidelines

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 718-270-3025.