RN

Job Title: RN

Location: RWJUH Somerset

Department Name: Emergency Department

Req #: 0000244024

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $46.90 - $63.44 per hour

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated hourly wage range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

The Registered Nurse provides nursing care in the health care system within the scope of practice defined by the Nurse Practice Act and regulatory standards and assures awareness of ethical standards of practice as defined by the ANA code of ethics,

The Registered Nurse assures safety in practice and is inclusive of the principles of evidence-based practice by maintaining a realization of own individual level of knowledge and experience and assumes responsibility for advancing knowledge of self and others of the patient care team by communication with and utilizing resource persons and programs available,

Is responsible for reporting identified safety issues such as hazardous environments,

Is responsible for knowledge of the patient population served,

Responsible for supervising and directing the delegation of tasks to appropriate team members and collaborates with other patient care providers,

Responsible for consistently setting and evaluating priorities through appropriate interventions with measurable outcomes toward improvement,

The Registered Nurse as an individual practitioner and the interdisciplinary team manager, utilizes the nursing process to integrate all aspects of the provision of care and individualizes the plan of care to address a specific patient s needs,

Will collect, verify, and enter clinical, administrative and demographic data using automated and manual systems, maintain system integrity and generate internal and external reports, as appropriate,

Job Qualifications, Education, Training, Certification, Licensure

Education:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Currently licensed to practice professional in the State of New Jersey or a graduate of an accredited school with eligibility for licensure,

BLS Certification Required

Experience:

Previous Acute Care experience preferred

Work Environment and Hazards

Exposure to blood, excrement and odors,

Exposure to infections and communicable diseases,

Potential exposure to hazardous materials and communicable disease,

Special Physical Demands

A physical condition is required that permits reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, walking and standing for most of the shift,

Must be able to function under rapidly changing and stressful conditions,

Interrelationships:

Patients, Medical Staff, visitors, Professional and Non-Professional Personnel of patient care units

Job Specific Requirements

The Helping Role

Creates a climate for healing by planning and providing for the provision of traditional and individualized comfort measures,

Fosters an environment to include the SAFETY values and conceptual model,

Serves as an advocate to patients and families by providing information and opportunities to participate in goal setting,

Teaching , Coaching Functions

Serves as a teacher or coach by identifying patient readiness to learn, formulating and implementing individual teaching plans, and documenting

outcomes,

Interprets conditions and offers rationales, which satisfy patient and family needs,

Plans for and documents the needs of the patient,

Effective Management of Rapidly Changing Situations

Performs effectively in life threatening emergencies by identifying emergent situations, initiating appropriate interventions, and documenting

outcomes,

Demonstrates the ability to reset priorities according to the demands of the clinical situation

Diagnostic and Monitoring Function

Accurately detects and documents significant changes in a patient s physiological, psychological, cultural and spiritual condition and needs for nursing

care based upon a detailed assessment reflective of each patient s status,

Demonstrates the ability to interpret and diagnose changes in patient s condition, plan appropriate interventions to achieve expected outcomes,

document changes, interventions and outcomes, with regard to the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the

patients served ight arise in frequently occurring clinical situation,

Collaborates well with physicians and other health care team members to determine appropriate interventions,

Administering and Monitoring Therapeutic Interventions and Regimens

Perform, adapt and safely demonstrate procedures required by patients according to policies and procedures,

Administers medications accurately and safely,

Documents according to policies and procedures

Performs, demonstrates and documents technical skills specific to the nursing unit,

Monitoring & ensuring the Quality of Health Care Practices

Ensuring the delivery of safe and quality patient care by facilitating appropriate responses from other healthy team members participating in quality

monitoring activities,

Collaborates with members of the health care team,

Attends unit-based performance quality/safety meetings, identifying important aspects of care, and contributing to the maintenance and improvement

of care,

Organizational and Work Role Competencies

Demonstrates the ability to organize your shift assignment by meeting patient care needs, providing assistance to other team members and

responding to the changing needs of the unit,

Contributes to a therapeutic environment by demonstrating willingness and capability to assume charge, mentoring and preceptor responsibilities

whenever necessary,

Follows established policies and procedures and maintains high standards of care to patients and families,

Demonstrate a spirit of cooperation and flexibility with team members,

Environment of Care Standard:

Demonstrate an awareness of patient safety initiatives, including but not limited to:

The current National Patient Safety goals

Federal, state and voluntary regulatory standards

Unit or departmental specific safety initiatives

Participate in infection Prevention initiatives while exhibiting an understanding of and compliance with protocols, policies and procedures

Demonstrates proper hand washing technique and participation in unit or department specific infection prevention projects

Handwritten information is readable when assessed

Adheres to the current Prohibited abbreviations, Acronyms and symbol listing

Reports errors, high risk events and near-misses to his/her immediate supervisor for proper follow-up