Registered Nurse Non Acute - Neurology - Physician Practice

Hackensack Meridian Health • Paramus, NJ

97d • $45

About The Position

The Registered Nurse Non-Acute functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population in order to achieve desired outcomes. This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills, provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. This position directs and oversees the care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination. This position effectively coordinates patient care/unit activities among nursing peers, physicians and support services.

Requirements

• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs.
• Strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of patients and their caregivers.
• Exceptional focus on teamwork and dedication to ongoing education.

Nice To Haves

• National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care.
• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation.
• Performs age and disease specific assessment/data collection independently.
• Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.
• Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
• Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Formulates age and disease specific patient/family centered goals/outcomes based on assessment data.
• Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.
• Provides ongoing communication with patient/family, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team.
• Implements age and disease specific care in an organized and timely manner.
• Provides or coordinates the patient/family education as needed.
• Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each individual patient's assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
• Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
• Utilizes critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of other team members.
• Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
• Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees