Registered Nurse -Hospice- Nights; Ocean

Registered Nurse After Hours-Hospice-FT Nights (Ocean County)

Registered Nurse After Hours-Hospice-FT Nights (Ocean County) at Hackensack Meridian Health

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Our nurses spend valuable and meaningful 1:1 time with patients in their homes, where they feel most comfortable. Do what you do best, with a flexible schedule in a setting with fewer distractions.

At Hackensack Meridian Health at Home, we recognize our full- and part-time team members by offering a Total Rewards package including comprehensive Health Benefits, generous Paid Time Off, Travel Reimbursement, 401(k) match, and Tuition Reimbursement. From great benefits and innovative wellness programs to robust learning and development opportunities, we continue to cultivate an exceptional work environment where you can do the kind of work that leads to fulfillment and professional growth.

• Provide professional nursing care to patients in their homes after normal business hours or weekends, through assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of home nursing care needs.
• Assure compliance with physician orders in a timely manner and ensure documentation reflects compliance and progression toward goals.
• Ensure assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of patient care follow policy, procedure, and standard of care.
• Demonstrate ability to care for a patient and significant other in a holistic manner and provide safe patient care.
• Utilize an interdisciplinary team and accurately document all activities.
• Make clinical judgments and apply critical thinking reflecting professional standards of care and codes of ethics.
• Document clinical decisions appropriately.
• Identify appropriate payors, comply with authorizations, maintain visit frequency, and use secure messaging to necessary contacts.
• Complete nursing assessment, medication reconciliation, and collaborate with physician on Plan of Care.
• Update care plans within two weeks of changes in patient status.
• Implement teaching strategies to meet established goals on the plan of care and document them.
• Report patient care problems to manager or appropriate personnel in a timely manner with solutions.
• Act as liaison among the physician, Manager of Clinical Practice, and other health care team members to ensure effective coordination.
• Communicate pertinent patient information and Plan of Care during transfers of care loads or schedule changes.
• Complete routine assignments accurately and consistently without the need for supervision, meeting productivity requirements.
• Serve as clinical supervisor of para‑professional home health aide staff, completing supervisory visits within required time frames and contributing to staff evaluation.
• Maintain awareness of updated standards and incorporate them into nursing practice.
• Adhere to HMH's organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
• Lift a minimum of 50 lbs., push and pull a minimum of 50 lbs., and stand a minimum of 8 hours a day.

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Diploma Certificate in Nursing.
• Minimum of six months RN experience or one year LPN experience, preferably in home care or hospice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills (Microsoft Office and/or Google Suite).

• Bachelor's of Science in Nursing.

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support (HCP) Certification.

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the…