Registered Nurse- Operating Room- P/T with Benefits Days

Hackensack Meridian Health•Manahawkin, NJ

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides direct, individualized nursing care to a specific patient population, working as part of an interdisciplinary team to achieve desired outcomes. The role includes caring for complex patients, coordinating patient care and unit activities with nursing colleagues, physicians, and support services, and directing and overseeing care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination. In the operating room, the nurse scrubs and circulates across a variety of surgical cases. The nurse delivers evidence-based care in accordance with nursing policies and standards, assesses patient needs and changes in condition, develops and implements patient- and family-centered plans of care, communicates and coordinates care, provides education, documents care electronically, administers medications using bar-scanning and documentation technologies, and supports safe discharge and transitions of care. The role requires ongoing competency development and adherence to professional and organizational standards. On-call availability is required, and the employee must live within 30 minutes of the hospital.

Requirements

Current and valid New Jersey nursing license.
Active American Heart Association BLS/CPR certification.
At least six months of relevant nursing experience, or active participation in Hackensack Meridian Health's Nurse Residency Program.
Must live within 30 minutes of the hospital because on-call duty is required.
Ability to scrub and circulate on a variety of surgical cases.
Ability to work independently and demonstrate self-direction.
Strong time-management, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs.
Accountability, teamwork, dedication to ongoing education, and a strong patient focus.
Ability to lift at least 35 pounds, push and pull at least 10 pounds, and stand at least six hours per day.

Nice To Haves

One year of nursing experience strongly preferred.
Operating room experience preferred.
National certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Collect comprehensive patient data and perform age- and disease-specific assessments.
Recognize changes in patients' clinical and diagnostic status.
Identify patient and family education needs, accounting for age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
Develop patient- and family-centered plans of care, goals, and expected outcomes based on assessment data.
Coordinate and implement prioritized plans of care across the continuum of care.
Communicate patient status, care delivered, and treatment plans with patients, families, nursing colleagues, and other members of the health care team.
Provide or coordinate patient and family education and ensure understanding.
Deliver organized, timely, evidence-based nursing care and treatments in accordance with protocols and standards.
Document patient assessments, plans of care, interventions, and evaluations continuously using point-of-care electronic documentation.
Administer medications using bar-scanning and documentation technologies.
Coordinate multidisciplinary patient discharges to support safe transitions and continuity of care.
Evaluate progress toward patient outcomes and use critical thinking to achieve desired outcomes.
Initiate interventions in response to changes in patient condition or unexpected responses to care.
Identify ethical issues in the practice setting and bring them to the attention of other team members.
Recognize and respond to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
Scrub and circulate for a variety of surgical cases in the operating room.
Maintain competencies, certifications, and continuing education needed for facility accreditation or licensing requirements.
Adhere to the American Nurses Association Code for Nurses and HMH organizational and managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
Perform other duties and projects as assigned.