Registered Nurse
About The Position
The Registered RN is a professional caregiver and member of a multidisciplinary health care team. The nurse assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients during a designated time frame and supervises and provides patient care using the nursing process, including the therapeutic use of self. The role follows established policies and procedures, communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors, provides excellent customer service when working with staff, management, and physicians, and applies Cooper core values. Other duties may be required. The position is on Pavilion 8, a 30-room intermediate surgical and medical-surgical unit that can function as a complete intermediate unit. The unit cares for patients receiving ENT, vascular, plastic, colorectal, surgical oncology, and urology services. Nurses are supported by unit secretaries, critical care technicians, registered nurses, an interdisciplinary leadership team, and accessible advanced practice nurses and surgical residents. The unit works toward cross-training all nurses in surgical intermediate care within their first year at Cooper.
Requirements
- Graduate of an NLN-accredited School of Nursing.
- Current New Jersey Registered Nurse (NJ-RN) license.
- Current New Jersey Basic Life Support (NJ-BLS) certification.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced certification may be required for certain specialties, such as ACLS, NALS, or PALS.
- Cross-training in surgical intermediate care within the first year at Cooper is a unit goal.
Responsibilities
- Assume responsibility and accountability for a group of patients during a designated time frame.
- Supervise and provide patient care using the nursing process, including the therapeutic use of self.
- Follow established policies and procedures.
- Communicate openly with internal customers and supervisors.
- Provide excellent customer service when interfacing with staff, management, and physicians.
- Apply Cooper core values.
- Perform other duties as required.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
