Registered Nurse; RN), Telemetry Float Pool

Job Title:

Registered Nurse (RN), 12.5-Hour Shift, Specialty Float Tele

Location:

Cooperman Barnabas Medical Ctr

Department Name:
Telemetry Float Pool Req #:
Status:
Hourly Shift: Evening Pay Range: $47.85 — $76.26 per hour

The Telemetry Float Pool offers great exposure to various specialties while working in the Coly Rectal, Medical/Surgical, CTICU Stepdown, Neuro Stepdown, plus the Heart Failure and Stroke Units to build up your clinical knowledge. Fosters a collaborative team culture in a supportive environment. A high-speed environment to refine new graduate ability to transition into a competent nurse.

• 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

• 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 7p - 8a 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 remains ultimately responsible
• Assumes charge nurse functions as delegated by the 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 and with unit and departmental 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 with 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…