Registered Nurse - PA-Behav Health STCF - F/T Days

About the role

The Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population, providing effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. This position directs and oversees the care provided by other caregivers through delegation, validation, evaluation, and coordination.

Responsibilities

• Delivers nursing practices according to the most up-to-date evidence-based research, nursing policies, and standards of care.
• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation, performing age and disease-specific assessment independently in a systematic manner.
• Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes, and communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.
• Performs medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients.
• Multi-disciplinary discharges patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes, utilizing critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.
• Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of other team members.
• Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.

Qualifications

• A minimum of an associate in Nursing or diploma of Nursing degree.
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire (applicable to team members hired on or after November 2019).
• Must have six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience OR must be an active participant with Hackensack Meridian Health's Nurse Residency Program.
• 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.