Perinatal Safety Nurse - Women's Health - F/T Days
Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey
The Perinatal Safety Nurse is a registered professional nurse who demonstrates clinical and systems expertise through advanced education, knowledge, and skills in Obstetrics. Hackensack University Medical Center is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.
- Eligibility
- Obstetrics
Posted Sep 11
- Shift and hours
- Days Perinatal Safety Nurse - Women's Health - F/T Days
- Unit and setting
- Women's Health · Hospital The Perinatal Safety Nurse is a registered professional nurse who demonstrates clinical and systems expertise through advanced education, knowledge, and skills in Obstetrics.Obstetrics
- License
- RN license The Perinatal Safety Nurse is a registered professional nurse who demonstrates clinical and systems expertise through advanced education, knowledge, and skills in Obstetrics.
- Term
- Permanent Perinatal Safety Nurse - Women's Health - F/T DaysFull time
Do you qualify?
- License
- registered professional nurse The Perinatal Safety Nurse is a registered professional nurse who demonstrates clinical and systems expertise through advanced education, knowledge, and skills in Obstetrics.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- Top of Hackensack staff RN payHackensack staff RN postings that state pay run $99k/yr to $100k/yr, the middle half $100k/yr to $100k/yr, across 68 postings.
- Tuition assistance
- substantial tuition reimbursement
Benefits
- Benefitsmentoring programsmentoring programs
- Benefitssubstantial tuition reimbursementsubstantial tuition reimbursement
- workplace excellence
- collaborative work environment
- work-life balance
- compassionate nursing culture
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- provides clinical advice and coordinates instruction to the nursing team, families, and healthcare providers Provides clinical advice and coordinates instruction to the nursing team, families, and other health care providers using advanced knowledge and skills.
- Day to day
- ensures safe delivery of patient care and supports HMH mission, vision, and goals Ensures the safe delivery of patient care and supports the mission, vision, and goals of Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH).
- Day to day
- serves as patient safety advocate and clinical role model in obstetrics by tracking standards and assisting in quality improvement projects
- Day to day
- facilitates interdisciplinary communication and education by coordinating simulation programs and collaborating with educators Facilitating interdisciplinary communication and education by coordinating simulation programs, collaborating with educators, and promoting educational programs and best practices.
- Day to day
- identifies patient population needs and modifies care Identifying the needs of the patient population served and modifying care that is specific to those needs.
- Day to day
- adheres to HMH organizational competencies and standards of behavior Adhering to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
The workplace
You would step onto units where some coworkers talk about teamwork and putting patients first, and others talk about feeling unsupported. You would likely see 12-hour days; a travel listing here used that pattern, and system reviews talk about shift…
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Labor & Delivery is a specialty you move into. Waitlists are common; med surg keeps you moving.
Original listing
Posted on Hackensack University Medical Center’s careers page.
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The Perinatal Safety Nurse is a registered professional nurse who demonstrates clinical and systems expertise through advanced education, knowledge, and skills in Obstetrics. Collaborates with the medical and nursing teams to promote a culture of patient safety and adherence to national clinical standards. Serves as a visible and recognized advocate for safety locally and in the network. Provides clinical advice and coordinates instruction to the nursing team, families, and other health care providers using advanced knowledge and skills. Ensures the safe delivery of patient care and supports the mission, vision, and goals of Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH).
Responsibilities include serving as a patient safety advocate and clinical role model in Obstetrics by keeping abreast of changing national standards of clinical practice and safety, assisting in creating and maintaining quality through new initiatives and quality improvement projects and research. Facilitating interdisciplinary communication and education by coordinating simulation programs, collaborating with educators, and promoting educational programs and best practices. Identifying the needs of the patient population served and modifying care that is specific to those needs. Adhering to HMH Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
What's around it?
Hackensack, NJFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 9% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,911/mo
- Household income
- $84,277/yr, all local households, not nurse pay