Registered Nurse - Respiratory - Per Diem

REGISTERED NURSE - RESPIRATORY - PER DIEM - DAYS

Requisition # | Shift Day | Status Per Diem

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 direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients, directs and oversees care provided by other caregivers through delegation and coordination, and coordinates patient care unit activities among nursing peers, physicians and support services.

• Collect comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation.
• Perform age and disease specific assessment and data collection independently in a systematic manner focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status.
• Recognize clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.
• Identify variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
• Develop a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Formulate age and disease specific patient/family centered goals and outcomes based on assessment data.
• Communicate, coordinate and implement the plan of care.
• Provide ongoing communication with patient/family, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient status and rendered care and treatment plans.
• Implement age and disease specific care in an organized and timely manner.
• Provide or coordinate patient/family education as needed and ensure understanding.
• Perform according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events.
• Perform continuous point‑of‑care electronic documentation of each individual patient’s assessments, plan‑of‑care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
• Administer medication utilizing the newest advancements in bar‑scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients.
• Multi‑disciplinary discharge of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Utilize critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Initiate interventions related to patient’s change in condition and unexpected response to care.
• Identify ethical issues in the practice setting and bring them to the attention of other team members.
• Recognize and respond to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education to meet facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.
• Adhere to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
• Lift a minimum of 35 lbs, push and pull a minimum of 10 lbs and stand a minimum of 6 hours a day.
• Adhere to HMH’s Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

• 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.

• National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible.

• Must have a current and valid Registered Nurse license to work at the assigned HMH location by date of hire.
• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required within 60 days of hire.

Minimum rate of $45.14 Hourly. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance…