Registered Nurse (RN), Children's Oncology

Job Title: RN

Location: Bristol Myers Squibb Hospital

Department Name: Children's Oncology

Req #: 0000219423

Status: Hourly

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $47.85 - $71.72 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.

Section III: Job Qualifications/Education/Training/Certification/Licensure Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing,

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

BLS Certification Required,

PALS/ACLS 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,

Work Contact Group / Additional Responsibilities Interrelationships: Patients, Medical Staff, visitors, Professional and Non-Professional Personnel of patient care units

Section 1: Job-Specific Requirements of Position 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 CORE mission 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 & 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 on his or her assigned unit, i,e,

Infant, Pediatric, Adolescent adult and Geriatric,

Anticipate problems that might arise in frequently occurring clinical situation,

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

Administering & Monitoring Therapeutic Interventions & Regimens Perform, adapt and safely demonstrate procedures required by patients according to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital policies and procedures,

Administers medications accurately and safely,

Documents according to the Nursing Process and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Standards of Care,

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,

Obtains new physician prescriptions to more appropriately reflect care regimens,

Collaborates with members of the health care team,

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

Organizational & Work Role Competencies 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 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,

Follows established policies & procedures Dress Code Attendance Punctuality Mandatory Training Requirements Continuing education: 30 hours bi-annually 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 TJC, CMS, NJDHSS 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 including medication-related events and near-misses to his/her immediate supervisor for proper follow-up Section 2: Universal S,A,F,E,T, Y Standards Universal S,A,F,E,T,Y Standards Speaks Up For Safety Speaks up and listens when there is a concern in the workplace,

Accurately Communicates Communicates in a clear and timely manner,

Focus On The Task Self-Check using S,T,A,R,- Stop, Think, Act, and Review,

Exercises and Accepts a Questioning Attitude Follows instincts to resolution and accepts the questions of others,

Thoughtfully Interacts Uses a sensitive and positive tone in all interactions,

Together Looks out for team members and is willing to be coached,

Section 3: Unit/ Dept,

Specific Competencies Unit/Dept Specific Competencies ADA Requirements

RWJBarnabas Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer