Registered Nurse- Behav Health Orange​/Gold - Rbmc - Per Diem Evenings

Job Title

Registered Nurse – Behavioural Health Orange/Gold 3 – RBMC – Per Diem Evenings

Perth Amboy, New Jersey

• Requisition #:
• Shift: Evening
• Status:
  Per Diem

Hackensack Meridian Health nurses care for patients and their families at every stage of life, 24 hours a day, in a variety of clinical settings across New Jersey. Our culture is rooted in connection and collaboration, and we are committed to providing a healthy work environment while advancing our mission to transform healthcare.

• Collect comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health.
• Perform age- and disease-specific assessment and data collection independently.
• Recognize clinical and diagnostic status changes in patients.
• 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 that 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 patients' 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 patients' 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 to ensure the safest delivery of medications.
• Engage in multidisciplinary discharge planning to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• Evaluate progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Utilize critical thinking skills to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Initiate interventions related to patients' change in condition and unexpected response to care.

• Identify ethical issues in the practice setting and bring them to the attention of other team members.
• Recognize and respond to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Maintain required competencies, certifications, and continuing education to meet facility accreditation and licensing requirements.
• Adhere to the American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretative Statements.
• Meet physical demands: lift a minimum of 35 lbs., push and pull a minimum of 10 lbs., and stand for 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 (applicable to hires on or after November 2019).
• Six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience or active participation in Hackensack Meridian Health's Nurse Residency Program.
• Strong ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a sense of accountability for improving patient lives, a focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education, and passion for delivering high-quality care.

• National certification in area of specialty 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 other factors. Additional incentives, shift differentials, and benefits may apply.

Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits. Workplace excellence, collaborative environment, work-life balance, compassionate culture, and mentoring programs are also offered.

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 results, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.