*$10K SIGN ON BONUS* Registered Nurse Flex- Central Resource Office - HPW - FT - Day

Position Overview

$5 FLOAT PAY SCHEDULE: EVERY THIRD WEEKEND

Summary (basic Purpose Of The Job)

Fosters an environment to include the core mission. Delivers quality care to patients through a team effort in working with others through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation. Ability to adapt to multiple units for providing quality care that will assist in prompt throughput. Assures patient safety by executing appropriate policies. Serves as an advocate by providing emotional and informational support to patients and families and giving them an opportunity to participate in their plan of care and goal setting. Plans for providing traditional and individualized comfort measures. Works with other healthcare professionals to optimize patient outcomes and customer satisfaction. Educates patients about various medical conditions and provides advice and emotional support to patients' families. Contributes and supports the organization's readiness for various regulatory agencies, Environment of Care, Magnet and various certifications.

Minimum Requirements

• Education: Associates degree or graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• Registered Nurse.
• Experience: One year related experience or training.

Other Credentials

• AHA BLS - Healthcare Provider, Registered Nurse - NJ
• ATCN or TNCC (or must obtain within 1 year of hire)
• NIH Stroke Scale Certification (or must obtain by end of orientation)
• ACLS (or must obtain within 6 months of hire date)
• NRP (or must obtain within 6 months of hire date)
• PALS (or must obtain within 6 months of hire date)

Knowledge and Skills

• Possesses strong problem solving and decision making skills.
• Demonstrates high interpersonal skills at an individual as well as team level.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Adjusts quickly and reacts positively to change.
• Considerable knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in nursing.
• Possesses good work ethic.

Special Training

• Demonstrates knowledge of nursing skills, hospital practices, procedures and standards.

Essential Functions

• 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.
• 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.
• Provides these 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.
• Anticipates patient’s needs.
• Ensures handoff communication and includes a report in terms of the situations most likely to develop and the problems awaiting patients.
• Identifies proactively issues to be resolved related to patient education for medication management.
• Provide discharge planning which includes instructions on discharge medications.
• Use discretionary judgment to appropriately modify patient care regimens.
• Facilitates appropriate response from other health care 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.
• Attend educational sessions when offered in areas that will improve one's ability to assess the needs of one's respective department.
• These would include, but not limited to charge nurse workshops, leadership training, critical decision making, prioritization of workload, etc.
• Plans and provide unique and individualized comfort measures while utilizing intuitive and innovative approaches which are scientifically sound and are a result of evidenced based practice.
• Participates in unit based and/or hospital-based committees.
• Participates in performance improvement activities at the unit and/or hospital wide level.
• Participate actively in the preparation of various regulatory agency readiness.
• Participates in unit level effort to achieve successful Patient Satisfaction scores and has an awareness of the HCAAPS measurements.
• Performs any other related duties as required or assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Frequent physical demands include: Push/Pull , Twisting , Bending , Reaching forward , Reaching overhead , Squat/kneel/crawl , Wrist position deviation , Pinching/fine motor activities , Keyboard use/repetitive motion , Taste or Smell
• Occasional physical demands include: Sitting , Climbing (e.g., stairs or ladders)
• Continuous physical demands include: Standing , Walking , Carry objects , Talk or Hear

Sensory Requirements

• Very Accurate 20/40, Near Vision, Very Accurate 20/40, Far Vision, Color Discrimination, Accurate Depth Perception, Accurate Hearing

Anticipated Occupational Exposure Risks

• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Chemical
• Airborne Communicable Disease
• Dust/Particulate Matter

Night (United States of America)

This Position Is Eligible For The Following Benefits

• Medical Plan
• Prescription drug coverage & In-House Employee Pharmacy
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Healthcare FSA
• Dependent Care FSA
• Retail Savings and Investment Plan
• Basic Group Term Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Supplemental Group Term Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Disability Benefits – Long Term Disability (LTD)
• Disability Benefits – Short Term Disability (STD)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Commuter Transit
• Commuter Parking
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Voluntary Life
• Spouse Voluntary Life
• Employee Voluntary Life
• Child Voluntary Life
• Voluntary Legal Services
• Voluntary Accident, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• Voluntary Identity Theft Insurance
• Voluntary Pet Insurance
• Paid Time-Off Program