Registered Nurse - Specialty Care/Transport - Per Diem Days

Hackensack Meridian Health•Edison, NJ

19d

About The Position

The Specialty Care Transport Nurse uses the nursing process and established best practices to assess, plan, evaluate, and document nursing care in out-of-hospital and interfacility environments. The nurse applies specialized critical care principles and techniques, including basic and advanced life support, and is responsible for patient safety during transport between medical care facilities. This per diem role requires maintaining transport-unit readiness and working collaboratively with patients, families, and interdisciplinary health care teams.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved School of Nursing.
Ability to successfully complete orientation and associated competencies, including IABP, Impella, EVD, and ventilator management.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP certification.
New Jersey State Professional Registered Nurse license.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification within 60 days of entering the position.
Valid driver's license from a U.S. state.
Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) certification or Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) certification within 60 days of entering the position.
New Jersey Emergency Medical Technician certification within 60 days of entering the position.
Neonatal Resuscitation Program certification.
For 911/Advanced Life Support response only: Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic (MICP) or Mobile Intensive Care Nurse (MICN) certification. Appropriate nursing candidates may be trained by EMS for MICN if they do not hold MICP.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).

Responsibilities

Collaborate and communicate with interdisciplinary team members to coordinate information about diagnoses, treatment effects, and results with patients and families.
Maintain cooperative working relationships with health care teams by sharing information, responding to requests, building rapport, and participating in team problem-solving.
Maintain professional and technical knowledge through educational workshops, professional publications, and committee or council participation.
Delegate patient care activities to qualified and competent individuals while remaining accountable for patient care outcomes.
Participate in collecting, analyzing, and applying performance-improvement data.
Ensure patient safety during transport between medical care facilities, providing basic and advanced life support as needed to stabilize critically ill or injured patients.
Establish patient care goals and educate patients and families about illness or disease processes and treatment provided while in the care of SCTU.
Maintain unit readiness, including mechanical reliability, medical supplies and equipment, cleanliness, and appearance standards.
Collect health-history information from patients, families, significant others, and members of the health care team.
Assess patients and use critical thinking to identify biophysical, psychosocial, spiritual, environmental, and educational needs in accordance with developmental and cultural needs.
Document data and findings consistently, comprehensively, and legibly in accordance with hospital policy and regulatory requirements using the appropriate electronic charting system.
Complete and sign necessary documents by the end of the assigned shift.
Participate in unit-specific quality assurance and quality improvement projects.
Perform other duties and projects as assigned.
Adhere to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior.