REGISTERED NURSE - Labor-Delivery

Short Description:

The Registered Nurse is a professional care-giver who, as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and who supervises and provides care to these patients utilizing the nursing process including the therapeutic use of self.

Additional Responsibilities:

Follows established policies and procedures.

Communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors

Provides excellent customer service interfacing well with all levels of staff, management and physicians

Evaluates patients, implements and documents nursing care

Assists physicians during examinations and procedures

Performs various patient tests and administers medications utilizing the nursing process

Promotes patients' independence by establishing patient care goals and teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills

Special Requirements:

Scheduled Days / Hours: Part time day shift; 9:00am - 9:00pm, rotation to other shifts, if needed; including a rotational weekends and holidays schedule.

Education: Graduate of NLN accredited School of Nursing - Bachelor Degree preferred.

License/Certifications/Registration: Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse); Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers); certain specialties may require advanced certification (i.e. ACLS, NALS, PALS)