Registered Nurse - Pediatric Icu Nights

Job Title and Location

Registered Nurse – Pediatric ICU – Part‑time with Benefits – Night Shift

Location:

Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey

Requisition #:

Shift: Night
Status:
Part‑time with Benefits

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, and directs and oversees the care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination.

• 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, psychological and cognitive status.
  • Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.
  • Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
• Planning
  • Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected 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, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care.
• Implementation
  • Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.
  • Provides ongoing communication with patient/family, nursing colleagues and other health‑care team members regarding patient status, rendered care and treatment plans.
  • Implements age and disease‑specific care in an organized and timely manner.
  • Provides or coordinates patient/family education as needed and ensures understanding.
  • Performs according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events.
  • Provides nursing care and treatments that reflect patient needs, advocates appropriately and demonstrates evidence‑based nursing practice and compliance with standards.
  • Performs continuous Point‑of‑Care electronic documentation of each patient’s assessments, plan‑of‑care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
  • Medication administration utilizing bar‑scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications.
  • Multidisciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuity 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.

• Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of team members.
• Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Acquires and maintains competencies, certifications and continuing education to meet facility accreditation and licensing requirements.
• Adheres to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
• Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and 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.

• Required
  • Minimum of an Associate in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing degree; BSN in progress and to be completed within three (3) years of hire.
  • Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs; strong sense of accountability for improving patient and caregiver lives; exceptional focus on teamwork; dedication to ongoing education; passion for delivering highest quality care.
• Preferred
  • National Certification in specialty area preferred when eligible.

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

Minimum rate of $47.64 per hour. The posted rate…