Registered Nurse - Specialty Care​/Transport - Per Diem Nights

About This Role

The Specialty Care Transport Nurse will utilize the nursing process and established best practices to assess, plan, evaluate, and document nursing care of patients in both out-of-hospital and interfacility environments. This role is ideal for nurses who understand and apply specialized critical care principles and techniques.

• Location:
  
  Edison, NJ
• Schedule:
  
  Per Diem, Night shift

• Collaborate and communicate with the interdisciplinary team to convey diagnosis, treatment effects, and results to patients and families.
• Maintain a cooperative relationship among healthcare teams by communicating information and participating in problem-solving.
• Attend educational workshops and review professional publications to maintain professional knowledge.
• Delegate patient care activities to qualified individuals while maintaining accountability for outcomes.
• Participate in the collection, analysis, and application of performance improvement data.
• Ensure patient safety during transport, providing basic and advanced life support as needed.
• Establish patient care goals and educate patients and families about illness and treatment.
• Ensure the unit is ready in terms of mechanical reliability, medical supplies, and cleanliness.
• Collect health history data from patients, families, and healthcare team members.
• Document all data and findings in accordance with hospital policy and regulatory requirements.

• Graduate of an approved School of Nursing

• Demonstrates the ability to successfully complete orientation and all associated competencies

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certification required
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification required
• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License required
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support Certification within 60 days of entering position
• Valid Driver's License from a USA state required
• Prehospital Trauma Life Support Certification or Trauma Nursing Core Course Certification within 60 days of entering position
• Emergency Medical Technician Certification New Jersey within 60 days of entering position
• Neonatal Resuscitation Program within 60 days of entering position
• Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic Certification (MICP) or Mobile Intensive Care Nurse certification (MICN) required for 911/Advanced Life Support response only