Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack MeridianHealthwe help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning.It’salso about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Responsibilities

The Registered Nurse functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population in order to achieve desired outcomes. This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills, provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. This position directs and oversees the care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination. This position effectively coordinates patient care/unit activities among nursing peers, physicians and support services.

A day in the life of a Registered Nurse at at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation.

• Performs age and disease specific assessment / data collection independently in a systematic manner focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status.

• Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.

• Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.

• Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.

• Formulates age and disease specific patient / family centered goals / outcomes based on assessment data.

• Develops and coordinates a plan of care which is patient / family focused, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care.

• Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.

• Provides ongoing communication with patient / family, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient's status, rendered care and treatment plans.

• Implements age and disease specific care in an organized and timely manner.

• Provides or coordinates the patient / family education as needed and ensures understanding.

• Performs according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events.

• Provides nursing care and treatments that reflect the patients' needs, advocates appropriately and demonstrates evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards.

• Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each individual patient's assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.

• Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients.

• Multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.

• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.

• Utilizes critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.

• Initiates interventions related to patient's change in condition and unexpected response to care.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• A minimum of an associate in Nursing or diploma of Nursing degree

• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire

• Must have six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience OR must be an active participant with Hackensack Meridian Health's Nurse Residency Program

• The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible

Licenses and Certifications Required:

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License

• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required within 60 days of hire

Job ID 2024-148569

Department Emergency Room

Site JFK Medical Center

Job Location US-NJ-Edison

Position Type Per Diem

Shift Day

Shift Hours 7:00am - 7:00pm

Weekend Work Weekends as Needed

On Call Work No On-Call Required

Holiday Work As Needed