Registered Nurse - Oncology - F/T Nights
The Registered Nurse functions as a caregiver for a specific patient population in order to achieve desired outcomes. Hackensack University MED CNTR is an academic medical center.
Posted Sep 12
- Shift and hours
- Nights Registered Nurse - Oncology - F/T Nights
- Unit and setting
- Oncology · Hospital This position focuses on expanding knowledge and skills, provides effective direct care as part of the interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients.variety of complex patients
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent Registered Nurse - Oncology - F/T NightsFull time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- Certification
- acquire and maintain competencies, certifications, and continuing education Must acquire and maintain competencies, certifications and continuing education in order to meet any facility accreditation or individual licensing requirements.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Hackensack staff RN rolesHackensack staff RN postings that state pay run $48/hr to $48/hr, the middle half $48/hr to $48/hr, 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
- coordinate patient care and unit activities This position effectively coordinates patient care/unit activities among nursing peers, physicians and support services.
- Day to day
- comprehensive data collection Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or the situation.
- Day to day
- age and disease specific assessment Performs age and disease specific assessment / data collection independently in a systematic manner focusing on physiologic, psychological and cognitive status.
- Day to day
- recognize clinical and diagnostic status changes Recognizes clinical and diagnostic status changes in patient status.
- Day to day
- identify patient and family education needs Identifies variables in patient/family education needs based on age, disease, and culturally specific learning differences.
- Day to day
- develop plan of care Develops a plan of care that prescribes strategies and interventions to attain expected outcomes.
- Day to day
- formulate patient and family centered goals Formulates age and disease specific patient / family centered goals / outcomes based on assessment data.
- Day to day
- coordinate care plan across continuum of care Develops and coordinates a plan of care which is patient / family focused, prioritized and encompasses the continuum of care.
- Day to day
- communicate and implement plan of care Communicates, coordinates, and implements the plan of care.
- Day to day
- ongoing communication with patient, family, and healthcare team 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.
- Day to day
- implement age and disease specific care Implements age and disease specific care in an organized and timely manner.
- Day to day
- provide patient and family education Provides or coordinates the patient / family education as needed and ensures understanding.
- Day to day
- perform according to established clinical protocols Performs according to established protocols in clinical situations, including communicating with appropriate persons and documenting events.
- Day to day
- deliver evidence-based nursing care and advocate for patients Provides nursing care and treatments that reflect the patients' needs, advocates appropriately and demonstrates evidence-based nursing practice and compliance with standards.
- Day to day
- point-of-care electronic documentation Performs continuous Point-of-Care electronic documentation of each individual patient's assessments, plan-of-care, interventions and evaluation of rendered care.
- Day to day
- bar-scanning medication administration Medication administration utilizing the newest advancements in bar-scanning and documentation technologies designed to ensure the safest delivery of medications to our patients.
- Day to day
- multidisciplinary discharge planning Multi-disciplinary discharging of patients to ensure safe transitioning and continuum of care.
- Day to day
- evaluate progress toward outcomes Evaluates progress toward attainment of outcomes.
- Day to day
- apply critical thinking to achieve outcomes Utilizes critical thinking skills based on nursing knowledge to achieve desired patient outcomes.
- Day to day
- initiate interventions for changes in condition Initiates interventions related to patient's change in condition and unexpected response to care.
- Day to day
- identify ethical issues in practice setting Identifies ethical issues in the practice setting and brings them to the attention of other team members.
- Day to day
- enhance patient satisfaction Recognizes and responds to opportunities to enhance patient satisfaction.
- Details
- lift minimum 35 lbs, push/pull minimum 10 lbs, stand minimum 6 hours daily Lifts a minimum of 35 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 10 lbs. and stands a minimum of 6 hours a day.
The workplace
You will see full-time with benefits, part-time with benefits, and per diem RN postings, with example shifts at 7am-3:30pm, 3:15pm-11:45pm, and 11pm-7:30am.
Your fit
Questions to ask
- Can you walk me through base pay range and 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
Oncology is a specialty you move into. Chemo cards are the working credential; infusion hires in too.
Original listing
Posted on Hackensack University MED CNTR’s careers page.
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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. 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. A day in the life of a Registered Nurse includes: Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation.
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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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