? Urgent Search! Adult STAT RN (36H/week, NIGHTS)
Company: Albany Medical Center
Location: Albany
Posted on: July 2, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Department/Unit: Critical Care Support Services
Work Shift: Night (United States of America) Salary Range:
$74,484.00 - $122,907.00 The “STAT” level Clinical Support Nurse is
responsible for identifying the patient's alterations in health,
assessing the patient's human response to actual and potential
health problems, implementing nursing interventions to achieve
outcomes for the patient that facilitate homeostasis, and
determining the effectiveness of nursing interventions. The STAT
Nurse makes independent decisions/judgments and takes action
regarding a wide range of routine and complex patient problems and
situations based on protocol. They will collaborate with other
disciplines as appropriate, to coordinate continuity of patient
care in support of medical and nursing plans of care. The STAT
Nurse acts to support patient care needs in any acute
medical/surgical unit, intensive care unit, and Emergency
Department. Hourly Range: $35.81 - 59.09 The STAT team is a group
of critical care trained professional nurses who are available 24/7
for any issue within the hospital and medical college. STAT nurses
provide specialized care to all patients, employees, and visitors
requiring acute medical attention at Albany Medical Center and
Albany Medical College. The team members also contribute their
knowledge to educate staff, patients, and families to recognize
clinical deterioration and how to make a proactive assessment and
observation for patients at risk for deterioration. STAT team
members give MOCK code training for nurses and ancillary staff to
help facilitate better outcome in code situations. STAT Nurses
respond to: Code stroke, Code Thrombectomy, Code STEMI, Code 10,
Anesthesia Emergency, Code Blue, Code Malignant Hyperthermia, Code
Pink, and Rapid Response pages. Any employee with questions about
hospital policies, procedures, or patient care. STAT Nurses will: -
Use problem focused physical exams to evaluate and treat patients
according to protocols. - Stabilize decompensating patients on the
floor and in ICUs. - Manage ICU patients on the floor. - Facilitate
movement of patients to higher level of care when needed. - Use the
chain of command when resolving issues. - Assist visitors and staff
to ED after a Code Gray. - Administer IV push medications on
applicable floors (ex. Cardizem, Amiodarone, Hydralazine).
Education Requirements: Graduate of a professional academic nursing
program. Holds current RN Registration to practice in the State of
New York. Experience: A minimum of three (3) years recent Intensive
Care clinical experience in specific patient populations served.
BLS/ACLS certified. Communication Skills: Communicates effectively
with patients, family members, employees, and others. Listens
actively and verifies and clarifies messages. Seeks the input of
others to achieve consensus. Applies problem solving, negotiating,
and conflict resolution skills into communication. Utilizes Chain
of Command, as needed, to reach optimum outcomes. Reads and
interprets documents such as Quality Reports and Hospital Policy
and Procedures. Ensures that patient care is documented on
established forms. Reasoning Ability: Identifies problems, collects
data, establishes facts, and draws valid conclusions. Solves
practical problems and deals with a variety of situations where
only limited standardization exists. Interprets a variety of
instructions in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. Thank you
for your interest in Albany Medical Center!? 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.
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