Registered Nurse - Perinatal Educator - Per Diem Days

Hackensack Meridian Health; Edison (NJ); On-site; USD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Hackensack Meridian Health in New Jersey seeks a Registered Nurse to provide direct patient care as part of an interdisciplinary team, focusing on maternal–child health outcomes and evidence-based practices.

This role involves data collection, care planning, implementation, evaluation, and collaboration with physicians, peers, and support services, while maintaining nursing standards and patient advocacy.

Qualifications

• Must be a NJ Registered Nurse.
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.
• Childbirth Education Certification from CCES, Lamaze International, PCE, etc. with certification guidelines for Perinatal Education as determined by AWHONN.
• Minimum 5 yrs. RN work experience—preferably in Maternal Child Health.
• Use of VCR/AV Equipment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nursing care per evidence-based standards.
• Collect comprehensive health data and assess patient status.
• Develop and coordinate patient/family-centered care plans.
• Communicate and document care with the multidisciplinary team.
• Ensure safe medication administration and discharge planning.

Skills

VCR/AV Equipment

Education

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Certified Childbirth Educator

Job description

Overview

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.

Responsibilities

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.

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.

Plan

• 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.

Implementation

• 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.

Evaluation

• 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.

Additional Responsibilities

• 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.
• Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education in order to meet any facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.
• Adheres to American Nurses Association Code for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.
• Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day.
• Adheres to HMH's Organizational and Managerial competencies and standards of behavior.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Qualifications

• Must be a NJ Registered Nurse. Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing. Childbirth Education Certification from CCES, Lamaze International, PCE, etc. with certification guidelines for Perinatal Education as determined by AWHONN.
• Minimum 5 yrs. RN work experience-preferably in Maternal Child Health.
• Use of VCR/AV Equipment.

Licenses and Certifications Required

• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
• Certified Childbirth Educator.

Compensation

Minimum rate of $38.27 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.

Job Duties

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH (HMH) IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, breastfeeding, genetic information, refusal to submit to a genetic test or make available to an employer the results of a genetic test, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, national origin, nationality, ancestry, disability, marital status, liability for military service, or status as a protected veteran.

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