Registered Nurse, Full Time Days, 8:30am - 4:30pm, Wound Care Center, Morristown Medical Center

Responsible for working with other healthcare professionals to help treat patients with various injuries, illnesses or disabilities. Monitors patients, administers medications, keeps records, consults with healthcare providers, educates patients and more.


Principal Accountabilities:
Promotes and restores patient’s health by completing the nursing process; collaborating with physicians and multidisciplinary team members; providing physical and psychological support to patients, friends, and families; and supervising assigned team members. 

Identifies patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients and other persons in a position to understand care requirements. 

Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients, friends, and families. 

Promotes patient’s independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient, friends, and family to understand the condition, medications, and self-care skills; and answering questions. 

Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; and following hospital and nursing division’s philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. 

Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies. 

Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; and calling for assistance from health care support personnel. 

Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols; medication administration and storage procedures; and controlled substance regulations. 

Documents patient care services by charting in patient and department records. 

Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs. 

Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. 

Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer’s instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; and evaluating new equipment and techniques. 

Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies; and using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results. 

Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops and participating in professional societies. 

Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information and participating in team problem-solving methods. 

Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. 

Required:
1.    Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program.
2.    Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse.
3.    BLS certification.

 

Preferred:
1.    Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
2.    All ASN must complete their BSN studies within five years of their start date.
3.    1+ year of experience in Nursing or relevant area.

4. Wound certification preferred. 

 

At Atlantic Health System, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities, will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 20,000 team members. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include:

• Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ
• Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ
• Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ
• Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ
• Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ
• Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ
• CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ
• Atlantic Home Care and Hospice
• Atlantic Mobile Health
• Atlantic Rehabilitation

We also have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. Atlantic Accountable Care Organization is one of the largest ACOs in the nation,