REGISTERED NURSE |ACUTE ADDICTION TREATMENT UNIT 11-3 | Full-Time Day Shift - 12 Hrs. | 20644

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center • Paramus, NJ

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About The Position

Bergen New Bridge Medical Center is seeking a Registered Nurse for its Acute Addiction Treatment Unit. The nurse provides comprehensive, compassionate patient care, assessing and documenting patient needs and changes in clinical condition; planning, delivering, and evaluating care; and addressing patients’ educational, psychosocial, pain-management, nutritional, and discharge-planning needs. The role includes coordinating referrals and collaborating with patients, families, physicians, and the broader healthcare team.

The nurse administers intravenous medications, establishes and maintains IV access, transports patients, performs phlebotomy as needed, responds to emergencies and hospital codes, and documents patient care and progress. The role also includes participating in quality improvement and nursing activities, supporting staff orientation and supervision, maintaining safety and infection-control standards, and ensuring equipment and alarms are in proper working order. The position is full-time, day shift, 12 hours.

Requirements

• Current New Jersey RN licensure.
• BLS certification.
• IV certification.
• BSN, or proof of enrollment in an accredited BSN program with completion expected within three years of the start date.

Responsibilities

• Assess, document, and monitor patients’ nursing needs and clinical changes; plan, deliver, and evaluate care based on assessment.
• Address patients’ educational, psychosocial, pain-management, nutritional, and discharge-planning needs; initiate appropriate referrals.
• Provide comprehensive patient care and patient and family teaching; orient families to the environment and develop rapport.
• Collaborate with healthcare team members, communicate relevant information during shift reports, and participate in interdisciplinary patient-care rounds.
• Document patients’ responses to treatment and progress; complete admission, transfer, and discharge summaries.
• Clarify unclear or inappropriate physician orders, interpret clinical data, and promptly notify physicians when changes in management are indicated.
• Administer IV medications in accordance with policies and procedures; establish and maintain IV access, transport patients, and perform phlebotomy as needed.
• Respond appropriately to crises, hospital codes, and assigned internal or external disaster codes.
• Apply infection-control and safety principles and maintain department policies, procedures, and quality standards.
• Assist with orientation of new personnel and provide clinical supervision of Certified Nursing Assistants, ward clerks, and other ancillary staff.
• Monitor patient nutrition and collaborate with the multidisciplinary team to meet metabolic needs.
• Identify policy and procedure gaps and create necessary policies and procedures.
• Participate in quality assurance and continuous quality improvement data collection, analysis, follow-up, and committees as assigned.
• Use the hospital computer system in accordance with job responsibilities and hospital policy.
• Check emergency equipment and monitoring equipment; report equipment malfunctions and take appropriate action to repair or replace equipment, and ensure alarms are set according to standards.
• Keep current with trends relevant to the assignment, attend mandatory in-service programs, participate in continuing education, and share information gained at conferences.
• Attend monthly unit meetings and required nursing committees; assist other personnel and perform other duties as assigned.
• Relieve the Nurse Manager or Clinical Director as required.
• Provide timely, professional, caring, and respectful customer service and adhere to the Medical Center’s Code of Conduct, mission, vision, and values.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Generous time-off policy including vacation days, personal time, sick leave, and nine paid holidays.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Continuing education programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time