Registered Nurse - Operating Room - F/T Evenings

Responsibilities

• Delivery of nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of 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.

Qualifications

• Current and valid New Jersey Registered Nurse license is required.
• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required.
• Motivated team member responsible for scrubbing and circulating on variety of surgical cases in busy OR department.
• ACLS is preferred.
• CNOR is preferred.
• Six (6) or more months of acute care RN experience required or must be an active participant in the HMH new grad nurse residency program required.
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire required.
• 2 years OR experience preferred.