Registered Nurse - Progressive Care Unit (PCU) - Full Time Nights

About the role

The Registered Nurse is a member of the interdisciplinary team working in collaboration with the Physician. The Registered Nurse utilizes the nursing care process consistent with their license and/or certification, including initiation of culturally competent continuum of care across inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. The Registered Nurse oversees coordination of the interdisciplinary plan of care and ensures its consistency with the medical treatment plan.

The patient care process includes:

• Assessment – Identification, gathering, and organization of subjective and objective data pertaining to the patient, family, or significant other, including physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural aspects.
• Planning – Identification of actual or potential problems and desired outcomes (goals) resulting in a documented plan of care that directs the patient, family, significant other, and interdisciplinary team.
• Intervention – Implementation of specific interventions or orders consistent with the plan of care and medical treatment plan.
• Evaluation – Determination of the effectiveness of interventions in achieving the plan of care, including conclusions about goal achievement or the need for reassessment and revisions.

Based on assessment findings, the Registered Nurse:

• Identifies and prioritizes patient problems relative to biophysical, psychological, environmental, self-care, educational, and social status.
• Establishes goals consistent with identified problems to guide patient care and health promotion.
• Provides education aligned with identified problems and goals to empower patients.

The Registered Nurse may perform Limited Laboratory Services, including patient identification, specimen collection and processing, quality control testing, instrument maintenance, monitoring and reporting test results (including critical values), and maintaining competency in these tasks.

All licensed and registered care providers document assessments, plans, interventions, and evaluations within their scope of practice. Patient care activities adhere to standards, procedural guidelines, and organizational policies. The Registered Nurse supports performance improvement initiatives and provides leadership to the patient care team while assuming responsibility for continued professional growth through educational activities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and coordinate the interdisciplinary plan of care, ensuring consistency with the medical treatment plan.
• Perform patient assessments, including physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural evaluations.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized care plans.
• Provide patient and family education to promote empowerment and health promotion.
• Perform Limited Laboratory Services, including specimen collection, processing, quality control, and reporting results.
• Document all aspects of patient care (assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation) according to standards and policies.
• Participate in performance improvement initiatives and provide leadership to the patient care team.
• Engage in ongoing professional development and educational activities.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey or a current multi-state license.
• American Heart Association BLS certification required upon hire or transfer.
• Proficiency in Clinical Applications preferred at hire; training provided with skill requirement within 30-60 days.

Qualifications

Specialty Experience:

• 3 Harbor (PCU): 2 years of telemetry experience preferred.
• NIHSS certification and a minimum of 8 contact hours of education annually in basic stroke assessment or intervention required by 5/31/25 for existing team members; new team members have 1 year from hire or transfer date.
• ACLS certification preferred.

Performance Expectations: Demonstrates the ability to perform department-specific competencies as listed on the Assessment and Evaluation Tool.

Work Environment

• Potential exposure to hazards and risks of the hospital environment, including bloodborne pathogens, infectious diseases, hazardous substances, and potential injury.
• Physical demands include:
• Considerable reaching, stooping, kneeling, and crouching.
• Extensive standing and walking, including stairs.
• Frequent lifting of approximately 25-50 pounds.
• Occasional lifting of 50-100 pounds with assistance.
• Pushing and pulling of heavy equipment.
• Some departments require the ability to distinguish colors.

Electrophysiology Lab & Procedural Areas:

• Additional exposure risks include latex, radiation, and potential injury.
• Physical demands include:
• Extensive standing while wearing lead protection.
• Transporting patients on stretchers unassisted.
• Manual dexterity for handling instruments in small, congested work areas with cords, foot pedals, and equipment consoles.
• Moving patients from beds/stretchers to procedure tables and vice versa.

Unit Populations Served

Core competencies will be assessed primarily on the following patient populations:

• Bariatric: Morbidly obese adults with comorbid illnesses/conditions (e.g., cardiac, metabolic, renal, pulmonary).
• Cath Lab: Cardiac/vascular conditions and diseases (e.g., CAD, carotid stenosis, renal stenosis, PVD).
• Critical Care: Acute medical/surgical care (e.g., AMI, CAD, PVD, CVA/TIA, COPD, CHF, shock, renal failure, metabolic disorders).
• Behavioral Health: Behavioral health illnesses (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, psychosis).
• Endoscopy: Chronic pain management, endoscopic procedures (e.g., cardiovascular, GI, pulmonary conditions).
• Emergency Department: Triage, assessment, and treatment of patients of all ages with conditions affecting all body systems (e.g., coronary, pulmonary, neuro, skeletal, GI, GU/renal, GYN, integumentary).
• Intermediate Care: Monitored post-surgical care (e.g., neuro, GI, GU/GYN, peripheral vascular interventions, orthopedic procedures) and medical diagnoses (e.g., cardiac, pulmonary, neuro, GI, CVA/TIA, renal conditions).
• Medical Surgical: Medical/surgical diagnoses (e.g., orthopedic, neuro, GI, GU/GYN, renal, metabolic, pulmonary) and isolation/precaution requirements.
• Telemetry/Medical/Surgical: Cardiac/cardiovascular, neuro, GI conditions (e.g., CAD, PVD, COPD, CHF, metabolic disorders).
• Telemetry/Stroke: Cardiac/cardiovascular, neuro, renal, GI conditions (e.g., CAD, PVD, CVA/TIA, COPD, CHF, metabolic disorders).
• Wound Care: Ostomy diversion surgeries, wound care, pressure sores/ulcers.
• Structural Heart: Adults with structural heart disease and comorbid conditions (e.g., CAD, PAD, heart failure, lung disease, obesity, diabetes, arrhythmias).

Reporting Relationship

This position reports to the patient care unit or department leadership.

Benefits

At AtlantiCare, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package designed to support the physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being of our team members, including:

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO).
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision insurance.
• Retirement plans with employer contributions.
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
• Tuition reimbursement for educational goals.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care.
• Wellness programs.
• Voluntary benefits, including pet insurance.

Benefits offerings may vary by position and are subject to eligibility requirements.