Registered Nurse - Hospital from Home - F/T Evenings New

Description

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.

Responsibilties

A day in the life of a Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• Delivery of nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care, to provide and ensure safe and excellent delivery of individualized patient care.
• Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients
• Ongoing Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each individual patient's assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care
• Patient and family centered education aimed at optimizing health, wellness and disease management
• Multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care
• Hospital at Home position for an acute care nurse who will provide care within a patient's home. When done, the RN will operate in the hospital, facilitating the intake/admission process
  
  

Qualifications

• Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required
• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association
• At least 3 years of med/surg or Telemetry nursing experience is required
• The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving the lives of our patients and their caregivers, an exceptional focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required
• Must be comfortable doing home visits to patients' homes
• BSN preferred
• Home Care or EMS experience strongly preferred
• Must have a reliable method of transportation
• Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day
  
  

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!