Registered Nurse - Cardio Vascular & Surgical Stepdown - F/T Evenings

Hackensack Meridian Health; Neptune Township (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare services provider in Neptune Township, New Jersey is seeking a dedicated Registered Nurse to deliver exceptional patient care. Responsibilities include nursing practices based on the latest research, medication administration, and effective communication with patients and healthcare teams. The ideal candidate requires a valid New Jersey Nursing license and a minimum of 6 months experience or participation in the Nurse Residency program. Competitive compensation starts at $42.19 hourly.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required.
• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association required within 60 days of hire.
• Minimum of 6 months of nursing experience or participation in the Nurse Residency program.
• Strong sense of accountability and ability to adapt to changing patient needs.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based nursing practices for individualized patient care.
• Communicate ongoing patient status and treatment plans.
• Administer medications using bar-scanning technology.
• Document patient assessments and care interventions electronically.

Skills

Current New Jersey Nursing License

BLS/CPR Certification

Nursing Experience

Telemetry Certification

Accountability

Teamwork

Education

BSN in progress or willingness to acquire

Job description

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health, we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

We invite you to listen to a message from our CNO who shares what it's like to be part of Team HMH at Jersey Shore University Medical Center:

Responsibilities

A day in the life of a Registered Nurse at Hackensack Meridian Health includes:

• 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.
• Ongoing communication with patients, nursing colleagues and other members of the health care team regarding patient’s status, rendered care and treatment plans.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required
• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required within 60 days of hire
• Must have a minimum of 6 months of nursing experience or be an active participant in the Hackensack Meridian Health Nurse Residency program
• Step down progressive care experience preferred
• LVAD experience preferred
• ACLS preferred
• Telemetry certified preferred
• National certification preferred
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire
• Every third weekend work requirement on days, 7 a.m - 7:30 p.m.
• 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 and service based on a strong sense of patient focus are all required.

If you feel that the above description speaks directly to your strengths and capabilities, then please apply today!

Starting Minimum Rate: $42.19 Hourly

HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members. The posted rate of pay in this job posting is a reasonable good faith estimate of the minimum base pay for this role at the time of posting in accordance with the New Jersey Pay Transparency Act and does not reflect the full value of our market-competitive total rewards package.