Registered Nurse - Maternal Child Services - F/T Days

Hackensack Meridian Health•Neptune Township, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Our Maternal Child Services team is responsible for the 36 bed Labor and Delivery, Mother/Baby, and High Risk Antepartum areas, 7 bed triage, and 2 Operating Rooms. We are also designated a Baby Friendly Institution. We invite you to listen to a message from our CNO who shares what it's like to be part of Team HMH at Jersey Shore University Medical Center.

Requirements

Current and valid New Jersey Registered Nurse license is required
BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required within 60 days of hire
Must have a minimum of 6 months of nursing experience or be an active participant in the Hackensack Meridian Health Nurse Residency program
The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required.

Nice To Haves

Maternal child services experience in a hospital setting including labor and delivery, postpartum, antepartum, and well-baby nursery is preferred
ACLS preferred, must obtain within 6 months
NRP preferred, must obtain within 6 months
Inpatient Obstetrics and/or External Fetal Monitoring Certification is a plus
BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire

Responsibilities

Delivery of nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care, to provide and ensure safe and excellent delivery of individualized patient care.
Ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patients' status, rendered care and treatment plans.
Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients.
Ongoing Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each individual patients' assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
Patient and family centered education aimed at optimizing health, wellness and disease management.
Multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
The Registered Nurse in Maternal Child Services is responsible for the care of: - Labor and Delivery patients - Mother/Baby couplet care - High Risk Antepartum care - Circulating in the Operating Room - Newborn Nursery Care.