Registered Nurse - Infusion Services - P/T with Benefits - Days

Hackensack Meridian Health; Brick Township (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey seeks a Registered Nurse to deliver direct patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team. You will coordinate care with physicians and support services, assess patient needs, and implement evidence-based nursing interventions.

Providing patient/family education and maintaining thorough documentation are essential components of the role. The position emphasizes collaboration, safety, and compassionate care to improve patient outcomes and support the

Qualifications

• Provide direct patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Coordinate patient care with physicians and support services.
• Provide patient/family education and document care.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Coordinate care among nursing peers, physicians and support services.
• Deliver evidence-based nursing care following standards of care.
• Document care and communicate patient status to the team.
• Support continuous patient education and family engagement.

Skills

Clinical Nursing Skills

Patient Assessment

Care Planning

Communication

Education

RN licensure

Job description

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.

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.

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

• Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation Assessment
• 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