Registered Nurse - Pulmonary Lab - Full Time Days

About the Role

At Hackensack Meridian Health, our team members are the heart of what makes us better. We help our patients live better, healthier lives and support one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees thrive as part of a team. Together, we advance our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

Responsibilities

• Assessment, Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
  • Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
  • Performs age- and disease-specific assessment/data collection independently in a systematic manner, focusing on physiologic, psychological, and cognitive status.
  • Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient conditions.
  • Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
  • Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.
  • Formulates age- and disease-specific, patient/family-centered goals/outcomes based on assessment data.
  • Develops and coordinates a patient/family-focused, prioritized plan of care encompassing the continuum of care.
• Communication and Coordination
  • Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.
  • Provides ongoing communication with patient/family, nursing colleagues, and other members of the healthcare team regarding patient status, rendered care, and treatment plans.
• Implementation
  • Implements age- and disease-specific care in an organized and timely manner.
  • Provides or coordinates patient/family education as needed and ensures understanding.
  • Performs according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events.
  • Provides nursing care and treatments reflecting patients' needs, advocates appropriately, and demonstrates evidence-based practice and compliance with standards.
  • Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of assessments, plan-of-care, interventions, and evaluation of rendered care.
  • Administers medication utilizing bar-scanning and documentation technologies to ensure safe delivery.
  • Facilitates multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• Evaluation
  • Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
  • Utilizes critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.
  • Initiates interventions related to patient's change in condition and unexpected response to care.
  • 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.
• Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications, and continuing education to meet facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.
• Adheres to the American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
• Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs., and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day.
• Adheres to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
• Performs other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Requirements

• A minimum of an Associate in Nursing or diploma in Nursing degree.
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire.
• Current and valid Registered Nurse license to work at the assigned HMH location by date of hire.
• BLS/CPR certification by the American Heart Association required within 60 days of hire.
• Six (6) or more months of relevant nursing experience OR active participation in Hackensack Meridian Health's Nurse Residency Program.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing patient needs, strong sense of accountability for improving patients' and caregivers' lives, focus on teamwork, dedication to ongoing education, and ability to deliver high-quality care based on patient focus.
• National Certification in area of specialty preferred when eligible.

Pay

Minimum starting rate of $48.18 per hour. 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 actual base compensation may vary based on factors such as labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, budget, and grant funding. Some positions may also be eligible for shift differentials, performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions.

Benefits

HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) employees, including:

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