Registered Nurse - Hospital from Home - F/T Days

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About the position

The Registered Nurse functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population in order to achieve desired outcomes. This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills, provides 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. This position effectively coordinates patient care/unit activities among nursing peers, physicians and support services. The Registered Nurse will provide care within a patient's home. When done, the RN will operate in the hospital, facilitating the intake/admission process.

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.
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required
  • BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association required within 60 days of hire.
  • 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
  • Must be comfortable doing home visits to patients' homes
  • Must have a reliable method of transportation
  • Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day

Nice-to-haves

  • 3 years of med/surg or Telemetry nursing experience is strongly preferred
  • Home Care or EMS experience strongly preferred

Benefits

  • health
  • dental
  • vision
  • paid leave
  • tuition reimbursement
  • retirement benefits
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