Registered Nurse; RN), Specialty Float Telemetry

Job Title & Details

• Req #:
• Category:
  Nurses
• Status:
  Full-Time
• Shift: Evening
• Facility:
  Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
• Department:
  Telemetry Float Pool
• Pay Range: $46.47 - $73.68 per hour
• Location:
  
  94 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039

Organize and administer individualized age-specific professional care to patients within an assigned unit of the hospital in support of medical care. Supports philosophy, objectives and the mission and vision of Saint Barnabas Medical Center and the Department of Nursing. Practices in accordance with the State Nurse Practice Act, American Nurses Association Standards of Practice, Code of Ethics for Nurses, Department of Health Regulations, TJC requirements and other regulatory agencies.

Participates in patient teaching and discharge planning. Participates in unit Performance Improvement evaluation activities.

• Must be a graduate from an accredited school of nursing
• Completion of all Orientation requirements of Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
• Successful completion of all orientation programs

Preferred:

• Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or currently matriculating

• Current Registered Nurse License in the state of New Jersey
• Basic Life Support (BLS) from the American Heart Association

• Full-Time
• Evening/Night shift
• 3 shifts per week
• 12.5 hr. shifts
• 37.5 hrs. weekly
• Every other weekend required

• All patient-related hospital departments, patients, families, visitors, nursing personnel and medical staff
• Actively participates in discharge planning and, upon discharge, ensures a written teaching discharge plan has been developed for assigned patients concerning disease process, complications, medications, diet, physical activity and self-care needs
• Appropriately delegates but retains ultimately responsible
• Assumes charge nurse functions as delegated by Nurse Manager, including assessing staffing needs, organizing and delegating work assignments based on patient acuity and individual staff skill levels
• Completes daily patient classification according to facility policy
• Completes unit-based competencies as per JCAHO requirements and hospital policy
• Attends competency day and completes all required competencies in a satisfactory manner
• Remains knowledgeable about all current nursing policies and procedures
• Complies with Medication Reconciliation Policy, department and scheduling guidelines; delivers individualized patient care consistent with established standards of care, policies and procedures and other regulatory standards
• Demonstrates positive guest relations by introducing yourself to the patient and family
• Orients patient and family to the nursing unit
• Takes all appropriate measures to ensure patient satisfaction and the availability of the patient representative
• Reports the patient's family problems to the nurse manager or her designee in a timely manner
• Demonstrates proficiency of phlebotomy sticks based on established policies and procedures
• Demonstrates understanding of states blood administrative hospital procedure
• Complies with blood and blood product administration policy
• Determines the effectiveness of patient care through patient interviews, assessment and patient compliance to the plan of care and adjusts patient care to meet changing needs
• Formulates and revises plan of care for assigned patients based on patient problems, patient age, nursing intervention, and specific outcomes
• Identifies the patient's significant other needs for patient education and provides education utilizing appropriate educational modalities
• Uses an understanding of the principles of growth and development to assess each patient's age specific needs and provide specific treatment and care
• Initiates IV sticks, maintains IV sites and monitors IV fluids
• Provides IV care and documents using established policies and procedures
• Initiates or participates in continuous interdisciplinary quality improvement activities for the patient or department
• Maintains complete, accurate, concise documentation of patient status, nursing interventions and patient responses within tour of duty
• Documents medications in accordance with nursing policy
• Maintains the role of patient advocate and takes all appropriate measures to ensure patient safety
• Uses good nursing judgment
• Provides privacy and confidentiality and exhibits tact and compassion at all times regardless of circumstances
• Activates the chain of command when appropriate, on behalf of the patient's care needs
• Recognizes signs and symptoms of complication of Pain Management Therapies and intervenes appropriately (PCA, PCEA, Epidural block, states proper mechanism for activating cardiac respiratory arrest)
• Demonstrates understanding of code cart check and procedure for replacing items on code cart
• Transmits pertinent patient information to the appropriate individual (MD, supervisor, discharge planner, etc.) using SBAR for hand‑off communication
• Uses an understanding of the principles of pain management to…