Registered Nurse (RN) Women's Health Unit/ Mother/Baby Per diem Nights
About The Position
RWJBarnabas Health is seeking a highly dedicated Registered Nurse for our Intensive Care Unit at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, NJ. With over 700 physicians and 2,100 employees, we offer advanced treatment for a wide variety of medical conditions. In 2017, the Medical Center completed a state-of-the-art campus expansion featuring a new four-story 87,000 square foot building with a private, 32 bed Intensive Care Unit, new Main Entrance and Lobby, Retail Pharmacy, Patient Registration Area and newly expanded Emergency Department. The Registered Nurse provides nursing care in the health care system within the scope of practice defined by the Nurse Practice Act and regulatory standards and assures awareness of ethical standards of practice as defined by the ANA code of ethics. The Registered Nurse assures safety in practice and is inclusive of the principles of evidence-based practice by maintaining a realization of own individual level of knowledge and experience and assumes responsibility for advancing knowledge of self and others of the patient care team by communication with and utilizing resource persons and programs available. The Registered Nurse is responsible for reporting identified safety issues such as hazardous environments (i.e. damaged floors/walls/ceiling tiles/unsecured areas) and medical errors. The Registered Nurse is responsible for knowledge of the patient population served. The Registered Nurse is responsible for supervising and directing the delegation of tasks to appropriate team members and collaborates with other patient care providers. The Registered Nurse is responsible for consistently setting and evaluating priorities through appropriate interventions with measurable outcomes toward improvement. The Registered Nurse is an individual practitioner and the interdisciplinary team manager, utilizes the nursing process to integrate all aspects of the provision of care and individualizes the plan of care to address a specific patient's needs.
Requirements
- ADN
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Proficient computer skills
- Minimum (2) two years recent/current Mother/Baby, Post Partum experience
- BLS from the American Heart Association
- Active NJ RN license or compact RN license with NJ endorsement
- NRP Certification
- Must be available to work one (1) weekend shift per month.
- Must be available to work 2 shifts a month Monday-Friday
- Must be available to work 1 Summer holiday: Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day
- Must be available to work 1 Winter holiday: Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day
Nice To Haves
- BSN
- Minimum 1 year recent/current acute care Nursing experience
Responsibilities
- Provides nursing care within the scope of practice defined by the Nurse Practice Act and regulatory standards.
- Maintains awareness of ethical standards of practice as defined by the ANA code of ethics.
- Assures safety in practice and is inclusive of the principles of evidence-based practice.
- Reports identified safety issues such as hazardous environments and medical errors.
- Maintains knowledge of the patient population served.
- Supervises and directs the delegation of tasks to appropriate team members and collaborates with other patient care providers.
- Consistently sets and evaluates priorities through appropriate interventions with measurable outcomes toward improvement.
- Utilizes the nursing process to integrate all aspects of the provision of care and individualizes the plan of care to address a specific patient's needs.
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What This Job Offers
Industry
Hospitals
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
