The Travel Nurse RN – Stepdown provides specialized nursing care to patients in the Stepdown Unit by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care. This role involves collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, ensuring patient safety and quality care, and participating in professional development activities. The position is a 13-week contract in New York, requiring at least 2 years of RN experience in cardiology or telemetry and includes day and night shifts.

HonorVet Technologies is seeking a travel nurse RN Stepdown for a travel nursing job in New York, New York.

• Specialty:Stepdown
• Discipline:RN
• Start Date:08/30/2025
• Duration:13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift:12 hours, days, nights
• Employment Type:Travel

Job Title : Registered Nurse (RN) – Stepdown – Contract

Location: New York, NY 10025

Shift: Day / Night (3x12)

Contract Duration: 13 Weeks

Weekly Breakdown:
Weekly Gross: $2,540.00 Per Week
On W2(Taxable): $720.00 Per Week
Stipend(Non-Taxable): $1,820.00 Per Week

Summary:The Clinical Nurse (RN) is a Registered Professional Nurse who delivers safe, competent, and quality nursing care to a designated group of patients in the Stepdown Unit, utilizing the nursing process based on theory, research, evidence-based practice, and nursing standards within Mount Sinai’s Relationship Centered Care model.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Patient Care

• Apply the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to develop and adjust care plans.
• Prioritize patient needs, ensuring timely rounding, teaching, discharge planning, and delegation.
• Educate patients and families about treatment, prevention, and health promotion.

2. Patient Experience

• Demonstrate Mount Sinai’s Relationship Centered Care values.
• Perform purposeful hourly rounding and bedside reporting.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with patients and families.
• Engage in service recovery as needed and ensure culturally competent care.

3. Quality & Safety

• Participate in safety and quality improvement initiatives.
• Escalate safety concerns following the institutional chain of command.
• Follow best practices and high reliability principles to minimize risk.

4. Operations

• Act as Charge Nurse when needed.
• Coordinate with leadership to manage resources efficiently.
• Facilitate patient flow and document accurately according to policy.

5. Professional Development

• Advance nursing knowledge and clinical skills.
• Actively participate in shared governance, unit-based projects, and continuing education.
• Mentor colleagues and foster an environment of continuous learning.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Preferred:Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
• Accepted:Associate Degree in Nursing with relevant experience or active enrollment in a BSN program

Licenses & Certifications:

• Required:NYS Registered Nurse License
• Required:BLS Certification (AHA)

Experience:

• Minimum 2 years RN experience
• At least 2 years in cardiology, telemetry, or VAD nursing
• Preferred:1 year travel RN experience (not required for per diem)
• Preferred:EPIC EHR experience

HonorVet Technologies: Pioneering Purpose, Empowering Heroes

Founded in 2015, HonorVet Technologies stands as aService-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), proudly certified byNaVOBAand theU.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Our mission goes beyond staffing—we are committed to transforming lives by addressing the critical unemployment challenges faced by veterans.

As aJoint Commission-certified clinical staffing agency, we deliver unmatched expertise in placing top-tier healthcare professionals—RNs, LPNs/LVNs, CNAs/CMAs, and NPs—across diverse facilities, including hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers, old-age homes, schools, correctional facilities, and more.

At HonorVet, we don't just fill roles; we bridge gaps, uplift communities, and honor the ones who served.

• Vision benefits
• License and certification reimbursement
• Continuing Education
• Medical benefits
• Wellness and fitness programs
• Dental benefits
• Guaranteed Hours
• Mileage reimbursement
• Referral bonus
• Bereavement
• Holiday Pay
• Sick pay
• Retention bonus

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