Resource Nurse - Full-Time Nights (Emergency Department)

St. Joseph's Health•United States,

5d•Onsite

About The Position

St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”. St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures. The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics. The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.

Requirements

Full-Time Nights (Emergency Department)

Responsibilities

Support and assist the Nurse Manager in the coordination of patient care.
Utilizes the nursing process to effectively assess the evaluate the needs of patients.
Addresses system issues to facilitate the provision of quality care.
Delegates appropriately to other team members.
Utilizes communication skills, leadership ability, time management and problem solving skills and teamwork to facilitate the daily operation of the unit.
Makes customer needs a priority.
Plans, implements and evaluates nursing care collaboratively in accordance with the scope of nursing practice.
Supports the goals and philosophy of the Department of Nursing within the St. Joseph’s Health.
Serves as the main clinical resource for any issues/questions related to areas of specialty