Registered Nurse - Intermediate Care - Hopewell - Full-Time - NIGHTS - ** $5K Sign On Bonus **

About the role

The role is essential in delivering quality patient care through teamwork, adhering to nursing processes, ensuring patient safety, and supporting pain management. The position requires a combination of clinical skills and interpersonal abilities.

Responsibilities

• Delivers quality care to patients through the nursing process.
• Ensures patient safety by executing appropriate policies and procedures.
• Supports pain management and pharmacological/non-pharmacological measures.
• Affords appropriate support for patient/family comfort measures.
• Formulates and documents a discharge plan maximizing patient's ability to continue meaningful life activities.
• Provides information and interpretation of patient's condition and offers coping mechanisms.
• Assesses patient's need for information and utilizes appropriate communication methods.
• Anticipates and identifies potential age-specific healthcare needs.
• Facilitates appropriate responses from other health care team members.
• Plans and provides unique and individualized comfort measures.
• Participates in unit and hospital committees.
• Engages in performance improvement activities.
• Prepares for Joint Commission readiness.
• Works towards achieving successful Patient Satisfaction scores.
• Performs educational sessions and attends workshops.
• Collaborates with case managers and health care providers to resolve patient education issues.
• Manages patient care regimens with discretion.
• Attends to patient discharge planning, including medication instructions.
• Adapts to changes and maintains a self-motivated approach to staffing adjustments.

Requirements

• Associate's degree or graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Previous nursing experience preferred.
• AHA BLS - Healthcare Provider.
• NICC (or obtain within 1 year of hire).
• NIH Stroke Scale Certification (or obtain by end of orientation).
• ACLSC (or obtain within 6 months of hire).
• NRPS (or obtain within 6 months of hire).
• Knowledge of nursing skills, hospital practices, and procedures.
• Frequent physical demands include pushing/pulling, twisting, bending, reaching, squatting/kneeling/crawling, wrist position deviation, pinching/fine motor activities, keyboard use, repetitive motion, taste/smell, sitting, climbing, standing, walking, carrying objects, talking/hearing, lifting up to 25 lbs., and occasional lifting above waist level.
• Sensory requirements include very accurate vision, near vision, far vision, color discrimination, accurate depth perception, and accurate hearing.
• Anticipated occupational exposure risks include bloodborne pathogens, chemicals, airborne communicable diseases, dust/particulate matter.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse - NJ license.
• Valid NJ driver’s license.
• Current CPR certification.
• Current ACLS certification.
• Current NRP certification.
• Current PALS certification.

Skills

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• High interpersonal skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Quick adjustment to change.
• Considerable knowledge of nursing principles, practices, and current trends.
• Good work ethic.

Benefits

Includes medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, flexible spending account, healthcare savings account, retirement savings and investment plan, group term life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance, disability benefits, paid time-off program, commuter transit, commuter parking, supplemental life insurance, legal services, accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance, identity theft insurance, pet insurance, and voluntary accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance.