Registered Nurse - Pediatric ED - Hopewell NIGHTS

Registered Nurse – Pediatric ED – Hopewell – Full‑Time (Nights)

Capital Health is the region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in our exceptional physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advanced technology. Capital Health is a five‑time Magnet‑Recognized health system for nursing excellence and comprises two hospitals. Capital Health Medical Group is made up of more than 250 physicians and other providers who offer primary and specialty care, as well as hospital‑based services, to patients throughout the region.

Capital Health values flexibility and competitive compensation offers to attract the best candidates.

Pay Range
$43.90 – $65.86 per hour

Scheduled Weekly Hours
36 hours

Position Overview

• Delivers quality care to patients through a team effort in working with others through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Assures patient safety by executing appropriate policies & procedures.
• Provides appropriate support for pain management, pharmacological and non‑pharmacological measures, and assists patient/family in identifying individualized comfort measures.
• Follows up on internal resources to determine the outcome of interventions completed by other departments.
• Mobilizes resources in complex cases to maximize patients control and participation over his/her own recovery.
• Provides information and interpretation of the patient's condition and offers coping mechanisms to both patient and family.
• Assesses how much information a patient wants and needs while utilizing a vocabulary and approach that enables the patient to successfully process the care and course of treatment.
• Formulates and documents a discharge plan that maximizes the patient's ability to continue with meaningful life activities.
• Integrates assessment and diagnostic information with intuition to foresee potential age‑specific healthcare needs, anticipating patients needs.
• Ensures handoff communication and includes a report in terms of situations most likely to develop and the problems awaiting patient.
• Identifies proactively issues to be resolved related to patient education for medication management, including discharge planning with instructions on discharge medications.
• Uses discretionary judgment to appropriately modify patient care regimens, facilitating appropriate response from other healthcare team members to provide quality and safe care.
• Explores multiple aspects of care regimen with case manager and health care providers to promote appropriate resolution.
• Displays ability to see the entire unit and is self‑motivated to develop a plan for adjusting staffing patterns as needed; attends educational sessions when offered in areas that will improve one’s ability to assess the needs on one’s respective department (e.g., charge nurse workshops, leadership training, critical decision making, prioritization of workload).
• Plans and provides unique and individualized comfort measures while utilizing intuitive and innovative approaches that are scientifically sound and evidence‑based.
• Participates in unit‑based and/or hospital‑based committees, performance improvement activities, Joint Commission readiness, and unit‑level efforts to achieve successful Patient Satisfaction scores with awareness of the HCAAPS measurements.
• Performs any other related duties as required or assigned.

Minimum Requirements

• Education:
  
  Associate's degree or graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Experience:
  
  Previous nursing experience preferred.
• Other Credentials: AHA BLS‑Healthcare Provider, Registered Nurse – NJ or Registered Nurse – NLC multi‑state.
• Requires TNCC (or must obtain within 1 year of hire) AND 8 hours of Trauma related Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) contact hours annually if assigned to RMC ICU/CCU, RMC Surgical Trauma Unit, RMC PACU, Emergency Department (all campuses).
• Requires NIH Stroke Scale Certification (or must obtain by end of orientation) AND 8 hours of Stroke related CNE contact hours annually if assigned to Critical Care, Intermediate Care Unit, Emergency Department, Neuro Units, Cardiology Inpatient at Hopewell, Peds ED, PACU, Interventional…