Registered Nurse - Critical Care Float Pool - F/T Day

Overview: How have you impacted someone's life today? At Hackensack Meridian Health, our nursing teams are focused on changing the lives of our patients by providing the highest level of care each and every day. From our hospitals, rehab centers and occupational health teams to our long-term care centers and at-home care capabilities, our complete spectrum of nursing services will allow you to apply your skills in multiple settings while building your career all within New Jersey's premier healthcare system.Qualifications:

• On Call requirement for Cardiac catheterization lab consisting of 5 shifts per month total.
• 1 weekend per month on call in Cath Lab and 1 weekend per month in CCU or ED, dependent on area of expertise.
• This position will float between Critical care (or ED), Interventional Radiology, and Cardiac Catheterization Lab
• BSN strongly preferred and/or willing to obtain within 3 years of hire
• 2 years Critical care or ED experience required
• Interventional radiology or cardiac cath experience a plus
• ANCC certification strongly preferred
• Current and valid New Jersey Nursing license is required
• BLS/CPR certification is required
• ACLS certification is required
• 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: A day in the life of a Registered Nurse at Meridian 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