Registered Nurse Non Acute, Occupational Health

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

The Registered Nurse Non-Acute functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population to achieve desired outcomes. This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills, provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. It directs and oversees the care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination. It coordinates patient care/unit activities among nursing peers, physicians and support services.

Intermittent coverage of Clifton location.

• A day in the life of a Registered Nurse Non-Acute at Hackensack Meridian Health includes assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
• Assessment: collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation; conducts age- and disease-specific data collection; recognizes clinical changes; identifies education needs based on age, disease, and learning differences.
• Plan: develops a plan of care with strategies and interventions to attain outcomes; formulates patient/family-centered goals based on assessment; coordinates a continuum of care.
• Implementation: communicates and implements the plan of care; maintains ongoing communication with patient/family and health care team; ensures timely, organized care; provides patient/family education; documents events; adheres to protocols; delivers care reflecting patient needs and evidence-based practice; performs continuous documentation; utilizes medication administration technologies; coordinates multi-disciplinary discharges.
• Evaluation: assesses progress toward outcomes; applies critical thinking to achieve outcomes; initiates interventions for changes in condition.
• Additional responsibilities: identify ethical issues, enhance patient satisfaction, maintain competencies and certifications, adhere to professional codes and organizational standards, lift and move as required, and undertake other duties as assigned.

• Education, Knowledge,
  
  Skills and Abilities
  
  Required
  : BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire (applies to team members hired on or after November 2019); ability to learn quickly, adapt to changing patient needs, accountability for improving lives, teamwork, ongoing education, and commitment to high-quality patient care.
• Education, Knowledge,
  
  Skills and Abilities
  
  Preferred
  :
  National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible.
• Licenses And Certifications Required
  : NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License; BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association required within 60 days of hire.

If you feel that the above speaks to your strengths, please apply today. Hackensack Meridian Health is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted rate of pay is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package.

The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted rates may be stated as annual salary in the offer and vice versa, depending on duties and credentials. Compensation may vary by factors such as labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, location, internal equity, and budgets. Some roles may be eligible for bonuses or shift differentials.

Benefits include health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.