Nursing Salaries at Mount Sinai

Clinical Nurse:

• $70,043.69; $72,145 effective 1/09; $74,309.35 effective 1/10 -  immediately upon hire. (full time)
• Per Diem rate of $47.47/hr; $48.90/hr effective 1/09; $50.36 effective 1/10 plus $2.76/hr for evening/night differential.

Nurse Practitioner/Education Specialist/Clinician:

• $91,361.57; $94,102.41 effective 1/09; $96,925.49 effective 1/10 - immediately upon hire. (full time)
• NP Per Diem rate of $53.26/hr; $54.86 effective 1/09; $56.50 effective 1/10 plus $2.76/hr for evening/night differential.

Up to $7,500 additional for 10 years most recent experience; ($7,600 effective 1/09; $7,700 effective 1/10); $1,000 for BSN ($1,300 effective 1/09) (clinical nurse), $1,200 for Masters ($1,500 effective 1/09) (clinical nurse), $1,500 for Doctorate ($1,700 effective 1/09), shift differential $5,400, ($5,850 effective 1/09); certification award $1,250; ($2,200 effective 1/09); preceptor pay of $18.75/shift ($23.50 effective 1/09) and charge pay of $2.50/hr ($3.00/hr effective 7/10).

Across the board increases: 3% 1/2009; 3% 1/2010

Benefits

Vacation: 22 days per year (25 days after 5 years), 8 holidays, 4 personal free days, 12 sick days per year (15 days after 5 years).

Fringes: Point of service/managed care insurance options, pharmacy/dental plans available.

Pensions: Pension plan options available.

Parking: Employee rates available.

Other:

• Flexible scheduling.
• A clinically integrated orientation with a two-week centralized foundation followed by a comprehensive unit-based orientation, including a preceptorship experience. Education Specialists are assigned to all services, coordinating all orientation and staff development activities.
• Liberal tuition reimbursement offering 16 credits per year for degrees in nursing at a variety of metropolitan universities.
• Generous continuing education benefits offering 5 days per year and available full reimbursement.
• Opportunities for committee appointments and research involvement.
• Monthly nursing grand rounds and learning options through our School of Continuing Education in Nursing.
• Unit-based Internet access for all nurses.
• On-site academic programs offered by New York University, Division of Nursing
• Recruitment and retention support.
• New York State Nurses Association Collective Bargaining Agreement membership.
• Employee/family hospitalization & basic medical/surgical coverage (effective on the first day of the next month after you start work).
• Major medical, dental, optical, and drug prescription plan after three months.
• Employee group life insurance.
• Pension plan.
• Tax saving annuity program.
• 8 legal holidays and 4 personal days per year.
• 26 weekends off per year.
• Weekly pay checks with option for direct deposit available.
• On-site parking available.
• On-site Day Care Center.
• Recreation Department offering employee discounts for travel, theater, sporting events, etc.

Professional Practice Model

Our Professional Practice Model is the foundation for our commitment to patients and their families – and the nurses, caring for them. This model integrates primary nursing, extraordinary clinical leadership and interdisciplinary collaboration. Primary nursing recognizes that nurses are the professionals responsible for assessing, planning, and coordinating patient care.

The nurse manager exemplifies leadership, creating an environment that supports the nurse-patient relationship and professional advancement. In addition, Mount Sinai has championed advanced nursing practice, employing over 200 nurse practitioners, midwives, and nurse anesthetists. Lastly, our focus on interdisciplinary collaboration signifies that nurses and other professionals form vibrant partnerships on behalf of the patients and families we serve.

Continuing Education

The foundation for our advanced beginner and experienced nurses is a clinically integrated two-week centralized orientation. This is followed by a comprehensive unit-based orientation including a preceptorship experience. Education Specialists are assigned to all services, coordinating all orientation and staff development initiatives. Continuing education/staff development programs are ongoing along with a state-of-the-art Cardiac Life Support Education Center.

Other opportunities include:

• Liberal tuition reimbursement offering 16 credits per year for degrees in nursing at a variety of metropolitan universities
• Generous continuing education benefits offering 5 days per year and available full reimbursement for outside conferences
• Free courses offered by The Mount Sinai Hospital School of Continuing Education in Nursing
• On-site BCLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP classes
• Monthly nursing grand rounds
• On-site BSN program offered by New York University, Division of Nursing
• Unit-based Internet access for all nurses
• On-site day care center
• Committee appointments and nursing research involvement