Registered Nurse - NICU - Per Diem Nights

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient’s status, rendered care and treatment plans.
• 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.

Requirements

• Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license required
• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required within 60 days of hire
• A minimum of one year of NICU nursing experience required
• NRP preferred
• Pediatric IV Therapy and bereavement certifications preferred
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire
• Focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education and the ability and passion to deliver the highest quality of care
• The ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, a strong sense of accountability for improving lives of our patients and their caregivers, based on a strong sense of patient and family focus are all required

Pay

Minimum rate of $45.14 hourly.

The posted rate of pay is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may differ based on factors including labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, budget, and grant funding. Full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) positions may be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, commissions, or shift differentials for evening, night, or weekend shifts.

Benefits

In addition to compensation, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, including:

• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Retirement benefits