New Grad Registered Nurse - Ocean University Medical Center - Fall/Winter 2026

Hackensack Meridian Health•Brick, NJ

About The Position

The Registered Nurse functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population, providing effective direct care to complex patients as part of an interdisciplinary team. The role focuses on expanding nursing knowledge and skills while directing and overseeing care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination. The nurse coordinates patient care and unit activities among nursing peers, physicians, and support services. Nursing practice must follow current evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care to ensure safe, individualized patient care.

Requirements

Valid RN license by the start date.
CPR/BLS certification from the American Heart Association (AHA).
Degree in Nursing from an accredited school.
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs.
Strong accountability for improving the lives of patients and their caregivers.
Exceptional focus on teamwork.
Dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver high-quality, patient-focused care.

Responsibilities

Collect comprehensive health and situation data and perform systematic, age- and disease-specific assessments.
Recognize changes in patients' clinical and diagnostic status and identify patient and family education needs.
Develop patient- and family-centered plans of care, goals, and expected outcomes based on assessment data.
Coordinate, communicate, and implement prioritized plans of care across the continuum.
Provide ongoing updates to patients, families, nursing colleagues, and other health care team members about status, care, and treatment plans.
Deliver age- and disease-specific care and treatments in an organized and timely manner, advocating appropriately and following evidence-based practice and standards.
Provide or coordinate patient and family education and confirm understanding.
Follow established protocols, communicate with appropriate persons, and document clinical events.
Maintain continuous point-of-care electronic documentation of assessments, plans of care, interventions, and evaluations.
Administer medications using bar-scanning and documentation technologies.
Coordinate multidisciplinary patient discharge and safe transitions of care.
Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes and use critical thinking to support patient outcomes.
Initiate interventions when a patient's condition changes or response to care is unexpected.
Identify ethical issues and bring them to the attention of other team members.
Recognize and respond to opportunities to improve patient satisfaction.
Maintain required competencies, certifications, and continuing education for facility accreditation and licensing requirements.
Adhere to the American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements and HMH organizational and managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
Perform other assigned duties and projects.
Lift at least 35 lbs., push and pull at least 10 lbs., and stand at least 6 hours per day.