Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we 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’s also 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.

The Registered Nurse functions as a caregiver for a specific patient populationin order toachieve 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,physiciansand support services.

Responsibilities

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

• A Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health involves the delivery of nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care, toprovideand ensure safe and excellent delivery of individualized patient care. A day in the life of a Registered Nurseincludes:Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation

• Assessment

•  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,psychologicaland cognitive status.

• Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status. 

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

• Plan

• Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions toattainexpected 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,prioritizedand encompasses the continuum of care.

• Implementation 

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

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

• Implements age and disease specific care in an organized andtimelymanner. 

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

• Performs according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating withappropriate personsand documenting events.

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

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

• Medication administrationutilizingthe 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.

• Evaluation

• 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.

• Additional Responsibilities:

• Identifiesethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of other team members.

• Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction. 

• Must acquire and maintain competencies,certificationsand continuing education in order to meet any facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements. 

• Adheres to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.

• Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs.,pushesand pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day. 

• Adheres to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.

• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Qualifications

Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• BSN in progress and/or willing toacquirewithin three (3) years of hire. (Note this applies to team members hired on or after November 2019).

• 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 senseof 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 ona strong senseof patient focus are allrequired.

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.

• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification. 

   

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Job ID 2023-130934

Department 3 East Brain Trauma Unit

Site Johnson Rehabilitation

Job Location US-NJ-Edison

Position Type Full Time with Benefits

Standard Hours Per Week 40

Shift Night

Shift Hours Night

Weekend Work Every Other Weekend

On Call Work No On-Call Required

Holiday Work Every Other Holiday