POSITION SUMMARY

The Registered Nurse is a member of the interdisciplinary team working in collaboration with the Physician. The Registered Nurse utilizes the nursing care process consistent with their license and/or certification including initiation of culturally competent continuum of care including inpatient, outpatient and community settings. The Cardiac Operating Room Registered Nurse is responsible to oversee any necessary coordination of the interdisciplinary surgical plan of care and provides for its consistency with the surgical treatment plan.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION/LICENSE: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred. Current Licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey or current multi state license required. BLS required. Valid NJ Driver's License is required for all employees in the Adult and Child Partial Programs.

EXPERIENCE: Proficiency in Clinical Applications preferred at time of hire; incumbents within position will be trained appropriately and then skill will be required for this position within 30-60 days from date of hire.

 

Specialty Experience Advanced Certification Required Certification

Preferred

 

 

Emergency Room

City

2-4 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 2 years emergency room experience preferred.

 

ACLS required within 6 months of initial assignment and continuously maintained thereafter. All registered professional nurses after 24 months of initial assignment will have completion of ATCN or TNCC. Minimum of 8 contact hours of education every 1 year in basic trauma assessment, intervention and stabilization; PALS or ENPC, with PALS or ENPC provider status attained within 12 months of initial assignment and continuously maintained thereafter.

All registered professional nurses after 24 months of initial assignment will have completion of ATCN. Minimum of 8 contact hours of education every 1 year in basic stroke assessment, intervention and NIHSS to be completed by 6 months of hire and continuously maintained thereafter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Specialty Experience Advanced Certification Required Certification

Preferred

 

Emergency Room

Mainland

2-4 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 2 years emergency room experience preferred.

 

ACLS required within 6 months of initial assignment

All registered professional nurses after 24 months of initial assignment will have completion of ATCN or TNCC. Minimum of 8 contact hours of education every 1 year in basic trauma assessment, intervention and stabilization; PALS or ENPC, with PALS or ENPC provider status attained within 12 months of initial assignment and continuously maintained thereafter. Minimum of 8 contact hours of education every 1 year in basic stroke assessment, intervention and NIHSS to be completed by 6 months of hire and continuously maintained thereafter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Labor and Delivery

2-4 years labor and delivery experience preferred

 

ACLS required within 6mo of hire or transfer. NRP (NALS) required within 1 year from date of hire or transfer.

 

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit/Intermediate Care Unit

2-4 years neonatal Intensive Care Unit experience preferred.

NRP (NALS), required within 1 year from date of hire or transfer.

 

Mother/Baby Unit (OB)

2-4 years mother/baby experience preferred.

NRP (NALS), required within 1 year from date of hire or transfer.

 

Perinatology

3 years labor and deliver experience preferred.

OB certification required

 

 

Specialty Experience Advanced Certification Required Certification

Preferred

 

Operating Room

Minimum 1 year medical/surgical experience desired; 1-2 years operating room experience preferred.

 

CNOR preferred.

ACLS preferred.

Cardiac Operating Room

Minimum of 1 year surgical experience; 6 months of cardiac operating room preferred

 

CNOR preferred.

ACLS preferred

Critical Care (ICU)

2-4 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 1-2 years critical care experience preferred.

ACLS required within

1 year from date of hire or transfer.

CCRN preferred

Medical/Surgical

3 Pines/3 Central

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred.

Effective February 18th 2020, ACLS is required for all currently hired employees on 3 Pines. Current Incumbents are required ACLS by December 31st 2021.

Incumbents hired after December 31st, 2021, will have 6 mos from date of hire or transfer to obtain ACLS.

 

Medical/Surgical

(2S, 4H, 5H, 7H, 4 M)

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred.

 

 

Dialysis

(renal, acute)

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 1-2 years dialysis experience preferred.

ACLS required within one year of date of hire or transfer.

 

Psychiatry

(1 West 1 Pines)

 

PIP if not a screener

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 1-2 years psychiatry experience preferred. (QPRT) annual education required within 6 months from date of hire or transfer Crisis Prevention; Intervention annual education preferred and both are tracked by department leadership.

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Specialty Experience Advanced Certification Required Certification

Preferred

 

PIP if Screener

(Psychiatric intervention program)

1-2 yrs medical/surgical experience preferred; 3 years psychiatry experience one of which is in a crisis setting required. Crisis Prevention Intervention annual education preferred and is tracked by department leadership.

Current NJ State Certification as a Mental Health Screener required.

Valid New Jersey Drivers License is required and MVA check upon hire or transfer

 

Pediatrics

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 1-2 years pediatric experience strongly preferred.

 

PALS required within

1 year from date of hire or transfer.

 

Radiology

(radiology adm )

2-4 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 1-2 interventional experience preferred. Critical Care experience preferred.

ACLS

PALS required within 1 year from date of hire or transfer.

 

Cath Lab

(cath lab, EP)

1-2 years critical care, emergency room or telemetry experience preferred; 1 year cath-lab experience preferred.

 

ACLS

 

Trauma ICU

1 year trauma experience required 2 years preferred.

ACLS, at time of hire PALS & ATCN required within 1 year from date of hire or transfer

 

Oncology

(1 south/ 1 Meadow)

1 --2 years medical/surgical experience preferred. Chemotherapy experience preferred.

Effective 2/21, all employees within job codes are required to ACLS; within 1 year from date of hire or transfer.

Chemotherapy certification preferred.

Endoscopy

Minimum 2 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 1-2 yrs. endoscopy, telemetry and critical care experience preferred.

ACLS required a 6

mos from hire or transfer.

PALS, CCRN, and CGRN preferred.

 

Cardiac Diagnostic

1 --2 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 1-2 years critical care experience preferred.

ACLS required at 6 mos. from hire or transfer.

 

           

 

Specialty Experience Advanced Certification Required Certification

Preferred

 

Cardiovascular ICU(CVU)

2-4 years critical care experience preferred.

2-4 years cardiovascular ICU experience preferred.

ACLS required at 1yr. from hire or transfer.

CCRN preferred.

Progressive Cardiac Care unit (PCCU)

2-5 years telemetry experience preferred.

ACLS required within 6 mos of date of hire or transfer.

 

Progressive Care unit (PCU)

2-5 years telemetry

experience preferred.

ACLS required within 6 mos from date of hire or transfer

 

Telemetry

(2West/2 Pines, 6 Harmony)

 

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred.

Effective 5/05-ACLS required within 1 year from date of hire or transfer.

 

Radiation

Oncology

1--3 years oncology experience preferred.

 

OCN preferred.

Medical Oncology Infusion Services

1-3 years oncology experience preferred.

ONS Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Competency Provider required within 6 mos. from date of hire or transfer.

OCN preferred

 

PACU/SDS

1-3 years critical care or PACU experience required.

ACLS required; PALS required within 6 mos from date of hire or transfer.

 

Pre-Admission Testing (PAT)

1-3 years medical/surgical experience preferred.

None

 

Acute Partial/Child

Adolescent Program

1 yr experience in behavioral health setting. Crisis intervention Prevention Preferred; tracked by department leadership.

 

 

 

Bloodless Surgery

 

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred

 

 

Wound Care Out Patient

1-2 years medical/surgical experience preferred.

 

Wound care and HBO Training course through Healogics is required within 1 year from date of hire or transfer.

ACLS required within 6 months of date of hire or transfer.

 

 

           

 

 

Specialty Experience Advanced Certification Required Certification

Preferred

 

Hammonton Satellite Emergency Department

 

2-4 years medical/surgical experience preferred; 2 years emergency room experience preferred

ACLS required Within 6months of initial assignment and continuously maintained thereafter. Minimum of 8 contact hours of education every 1 year in basic trauma assessment, intervention and stabilization; PALS or ENPC, with PALS or ENPC provider status attained within 12 months of initial assignment and continuously maintained thereafter. Minimum of 8 contact hours of education every 1 year in basic stroke assessment, intervention and NIHSS to be completed by 6 months of hire and continuously maintained thereafter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Structural Heart

2-3 year experience in cardiology

 

Able to perform:

Phlebotomy

EKG

IV insertion

BLS & ACLS required