Registered Nurse - Intermediate Care - Per Diem Days

Hackensack Meridian Health; Stafford Township (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 71,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health seeks a Registered Nurse to provide direct patient care within a multidisciplinary team in New Jersey. The role emphasizes evidence-based practice, care coordination, and education for patients and families.

The ideal candidate holds a current NJ nursing license, has or is pursuing a BSN, and demonstrates clinical competence with a focus on safety, teamwork, and continuous learning in a dynamic hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Valid NJ nursing license required.
• BLS/CPR certification required.
• 6 months nursing experience or RN Residency participation.
• BSN in progress or willing to obtain within 3 years of hire.
• Telemetry experience preferred.
• Telemetry certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of nursing practices according to evidence-based research, policies, and standards of care.
• Ongoing communication with patients, families, and health-care team regarding status and plan of care.
• Medication administration with bar-scanning and documentation technologies.
• Ongoing Point-of-Care documentation of assessments, plans, interventions, and evaluations.
• Patient and family education to promote health and disease management.
• Coordination of discharge planning to ensure safe transition and continuity of care.

Skills

Nursing care

Telemetry experience

BLS/CPR

Communication

Teamwork

Education

New Jersey Nursing license

BSN in progress

BSN in 3 years willingness

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 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
• Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required
• BLS/CPR certification by American Heart Association is required
• BSN in progress and/or willing to acquire within three (3) years of hire
• Must have 6 months of nursing experience OR an active participant in Hackensack Meridian Health's RN Residency Program
• Telemetry experience preferred
• Telemetry certified 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

Minimum rate of $43.77 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.

The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted hourly rates may be stated as an annual salary in the offer and posted annual salaries may be stated as an hourly rate in the offer, depending on the level and nature of the job duties and credentials of the candidate. The base compensation determined at the time of the offer may be different than the posted rate of pay based on a number of non-discriminatory factors, including but not limited to

Labor Market Data Compensation is benchmarked against market data to ensure competitiveness.

Experience Years of relevant work experience.

Education and Certifications Level of education attained, including specialized certifications, credentials, completed apprenticeship programs or advanced training.

Skills Demonstrated proficiency in relevant skills and competencies.

Geographic Location Cost of living and market rates for the specific location.

Internal Equity Compensation is determined in a manner consistent with compensation ranges for similar roles within the organization.

Budget and Grant Funding Departmental budgets and any grant funding associated with the job position may impact the pay that can be offered.

Some jobs may also be eligible for performance-based incentives, bonuses, or commissions not reflected in the starting rate. Certain positions may also be eligible for shift differentials for work performed on evening, night, or weekend shifts.

In addition to our compensation for full-time and part-time (20+ hours/week) job positions, HMH offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits.