Registered Nurse; RN Behavioral Health​/Psychiatry Nights

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN) Behavioral Health/Psychiatry Full Time Night

Location: Clara Maass Medical Center, 1 CLARA MAASS DRIVE, BELLEVILLE, NJ 07109

Department: Psychiatry

Pay Range: $46.48 - $62.09 per hour

RWJBarnabas Health is seeking a highly dedicated Registered Nurse for our Intensive Care Unit at Clara Maass Medical Center. With over 700 physicians and 2,100 employees, we offer advanced treatment for a wide variety of medical conditions. In 2017, the Medical Center completed a state‑of‑the‑art campus expansion featuring a new four‑story 87,000 square foot building with a private, 32 bed Intensive Care Unit, new Main Entrance and Lobby, Retail Pharmacy, Patient Registration Area and newly expanded Emergency Department.

• ASN or Nursing Diploma
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Proficient computer skills

• BSN
• Prior experience with the psychiatric population

• Active NJ RN license or compact RN license with NJ endorsement
• BLS from the American Heart Association

• Day Shift, 37.5 hours
• Full Time
• Monday - Friday, every other weekend and holiday rotation
• Includes 3 weekday shifts and 2 weekend shifts per month
• Must work 2 major holidays and 2 minor holidays per year

• The Registered Nurse provides nursing care in the health care system within the scope of practice defined by the Nurse Practice Act and regulatory standards and assures awareness of ethical standards of practice as defined by the ANA code of ethics.
• The Registered Nurse assures safety in practice and is inclusive of the principles of evidence‑based practice by maintaining a realization of own individual level of knowledge and experience and assumes responsibility for advancing knowledge of self and others of the patient care team by communication with and utilizing resource persons and programs available.
• The Registered Nurse is responsible for reporting identified safety issues such as hazardous environments (i.e. damaged floors/walls/ceiling tiles/unsecured areas) and medical errors.
• The Registered Nurse is responsible for knowledge of the patient population served.
• The Registered Nurse is responsible for supervising and directing the delegation of tasks to appropriate team members and collaborates with other patient care providers.
• The Registered Nurse is responsible for consistently setting and evaluating priorities through appropriate interventions with measurable outcomes toward improvement.
• The Registered Nurse is responsible for consistently setting and evaluating priorities through appropriate interventions with measurable outcomes toward improvement.
• The Registered Nurse is an individual practitioner and the interdisciplinary team manager, utilizes the nursing process to integrate all aspects of the provision of care and individualizes the plan of care to address a specific patient's needs.

Other Duties: The job description may change at any time with or without notice.

Equal Opportunity Employer.