Nurse Manager - Clinical Leader & Care Coordinator

Socket.dev; Neptune Township (NJ); On-site; USD 114,000 - 139,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack MeridianHealth in Neptune Township, NJ, seeks a Registered Nurse to provide patient-centered care in the PACU/operating suite. You will collect data, perform assessments, and develop plans of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

This role requires strong teamwork, adaptability, and commitment to evidence-based practice. The starting minimum rate is posted at $126,464 per year with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Current and valid New Jersey Registered Nurse license is required.
• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required.
• ACLS/PALS certification required.
• Minimum 1 year PACU experience.
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire.
• Pediatric Experience Preferred.
• National certification preferred.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the 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 status.
• 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 plan of care which is patient / family focused, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care.
• Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.
• Provides ongoing communication with patient / family, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient's status, rendered care and treatment plans.
• Implements age and disease specific care in an organized and timely manner.
• Provides or coordinates the 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 that reflect the patients' needs, advocates appropriately and demonstrates evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards.
• Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each individual patient's assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
• 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 discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
• 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.

Education

BSN in progress

Job description

Hackensack MeridianHealth in Neptune Township, NJ, seeks a Registered Nurse to provide patient-centered care in the PACU/operating suite. You will collect data, perform assessments, and develop plans of care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

This role requires strong teamwork, adaptability, and commitment to evidence-based practice. The starting minimum rate is posted at $126,464 per year with comprehensive benefits.