Registered Nurse- Emergency Room- Obmc- Nights

Position

Registered Nurse – Emergency Room – Full Time Nights

Raritan Bay Medical Center – Old Bridge, New Jersey

Hackensack Meridian Health nurses care for patients and their families at every stage of life. Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, we help patients live better, healthier lives and support one another in the community.

• Collaborative
• Courageous
• Compassionate
• Creative
• Connected

• Collect comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation.
• Perform age and disease-specific assessment/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/outcomes based on assessment data.
• Develop and coordinate a plan of care which is patient/family focused, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care.
• 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(s)’ status, 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.
• Provide nursing care and treatments that reflect the patient’s needs, advocate appropriately and demonstrate evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards.
• Perform continuous point-of-care electronic documentation of each patient’s assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
• Administer medication utilizing bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications.
• 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 team members.
• Recognize and respond to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education to meet facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.
• Adhere to the 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.
• Adhere to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.

• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire (Note this applies to team members hired on or after November 2019).
• Must have six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience OR be an active participant with Hackensack Meridian Health's Nurse Residency Program.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of patients and caregivers, exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education, and passion for delivering highest quality care.

• National certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible.

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification within 60 days of entering position.

Minimum rate of $45.73 hourly. Compensation is benchmarked against market data and may vary based on experience, education, certifications, geographic location, and internal equity.

• Workplace excellence
• Collaborative work environment
• Work-life balance
• Compassionate nursing culture
• Mentoring programs
• Substantial tuition reimbursement

Hackensack Meridian Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or provide test results, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.