Registered Nurse - Post Partum

Overview

Registered Nurse - Post Partum - F/T Days

Organization: JFK University Medical Center

Location:

Edison, New Jersey

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 Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health delivers nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care to provide and ensure safe and excellent delivery of individualized patient care. A day in the life of a Registered Nurse includes:
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; recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes; identifies education needs based on age, disease, and cultural differences.
• Plan:
  Develops a plan of care with strategies and interventions; formulates patient/family centered goals/outcomes; coordinates a continuum of care.
• Implementation:
  Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care; provides ongoing communication with patient/family and health care team; educates patient/family; documents events; adheres to protocols; ensures safe medication administration and transitions of care.
• Evaluation:
  Evaluates progress toward outcomes; uses critical thinking to achieve outcomes; initiates interventions in response to condition changes.

• Identifies ethical issues and brings them to the attention of the team.
• Responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Maintains competencies and certifications to meet accreditation or licensing requirements.
• Supports organizational values and standards of behavior.

Education,

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire.
• Six (6) months or more of relevant nursing experience OR active participation in Hackensack Meridian Health s Nurse Residency Program.
• Ability to learn quickly, adapt to changing patient needs, strong accountability, teamwork, ongoing education, and patient-focused care.

• National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible.

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support (BLS) Certification.

Minimum rate of $45.73 hourly. Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH) is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate is a reasonable good-faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.

• Labor Market Data, Experience, Education/Certifications, Skills, Geographic Location, Internal Equity considerations may affect compensation.
• Some roles may be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or shift differentials.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.
• HMH is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For inquiries or to apply, please follow the standard job application process as indicated by the employer.