Registered Nurse - Psychiatric Intervention Prevention Unit - Full Time Nights

Position Summary

The Registered Nurse is a member of the interdisciplinary team working in collaboration with the Physician. The RN utilizes the nursing care process consistent with their license and/or certification, including initiation of culturally competent continuum of care in inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. The RN is responsible for overseeing coordination of the interdisciplinary plan of care and ensuring consistency with the medical treatment plan. The patient care process includes the nursing process steps: Assessment, Planning, Intervention, Evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Assessment: an orderly process consisting of identifying, gathering, and organizing subjective and objective data pertaining to the patient/family/significant other, including physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural aspects.
• Planning: an organized step that identifies actual or potential problems and desired outcomes (goals) resulting in a documented plan of care, providing direction for the patient/family/significant other and interdisciplinary team.
• Intervention: specific interventions or orders implemented consistently with the plan of care and medical treatment plan.
• Evaluation: determining the effectiveness of interventions in achieving the plan of care, concluding on the achievement or lack thereof, and initiating reassessment and revisions to problems, goals, plan of care, and interventions.
• Patients have problems identified and prioritized relative to biophysical, psychological, environmental, self‑care, educational, and social status.
• Goals are identified consistently with the problem to provide direction for patient care and health promotion.
• Education is consistent with the identified problem and associated goals and is seen as critical to creating an environment that promotes patient empowerment.

Laboratory Services

The RN may be required to perform limited laboratory services including patient identification and preparation for specimen collection, processing samples for testing, performing required quality control testing, instrument maintenance and function checks, monitoring, recording, and reporting test results to clinicians (including critical values), and maintaining competency/certification of these tasks.

Unit Experience and Certifications

• Emergency Room (City)
  • 2 years medical/surgical and/or emergency room experience preferred.
  • ACLS required within 6 months of hire or transfer.
  • Minimum 8 contact hours of education every year in basic trauma assessment, intervention, and stabilization.
  • Minimum 8 contact hours of education every year for basic stroke assessment, intervention, and NIHSS to be completed within 6 months of hire, continuously maintained thereafter.
  • PALS or ENPC attained within 12 months of hire or transfer.
  • Current staff required to obtain CPI by 6/30/24; new hires or transfers: CPI required within 6 months of hire and continuously maintained thereafter.
• Trauma Bay
  • Trauma experience required; 2 years preferred.
  • ACLS, PALS & ATCN at time of hire.
• Harmony Trauma/ICU
  • 2 years medical/surgical experience preferred; critical care experience preferred.
  • ACLS required at time of hire.
  • ATCN required within 3 years from date of hire or transfer.
• Intensive Care Unit (ICU/CTICU)
  • 2 years medical/surgical experience preferred; critical care experience preferred.
  • ACLS required within 6 months from date of hire or transfer.
  • CCRN preferred.
• Cardiovascular ICU (CVU)
  • 2 years critical care experience preferred.
  • ACLS required within 6 months from date of hire or transfer.
  • CCRN preferred.
• Heart and Vascular Unit (HVU)
  • 2 years telemetry experience preferred.
  • ACLS required within 6 months of hire or transfer.
• Harbor (PCU)
  • 2 years telemetry experience preferred.
  • ACLS required within 6 months of hire or transfer.
• Medical/Surgical Units (various locations)
  • Medical/surgical experience preferred.
  • ACLS required within 1 year of hire or transfer (or within 6 months for some units).
• Operating Room
  • Medical/surgical and operating room experience preferred.
  • All new OR team members must scrub and/or learn to scrub during orientation within six months (effective 1/1/25).
  • ACLS required by 12/31/24 for all RNs in the City OR.
  • CNOR preferred.
• PACU/Recovery Room
  • Critical Care or PACU experience required.
  • ACLS required at time of hire or transfer.
  • PALS required within 6 months of hire or transfer.
• Intervention Radiology
  • 2 years medical/surgical experience preferred; interventional and critical care experience preferred.
  • ACLS at time of hire or transfer.
  • PALS required within 1 year of hire or transfer.
• Catheterization Lab
  • Critical care, emergency room, cath‑lab or telemetry experience preferred.
  • ACLS at time of hire or transfer.
• Endoscopy
  • 2 years medical/surgical experience preferred; endoscopy, telemetry and critical care experience preferred.
  • ACLS required within 6 months of hire.
  • PALS, CCRN, and CGRN preferred.
• Radiation
  • Oncology experience preferred.
  • OCN preferred.
• Medical Oncology Infusion Services
  • Oncology experience preferred.
  • ONS Chemotherapy and Biotherapy Competency Provider required within 6 months of hire or transfer.
  • OCN preferred.
• Structural Heart
  • 2 years experience in cardiology.

Education & Licensure

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
• Nurses without BSN must be enrolled in a BSN program within 1 year and complete within 3 years.
• 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 required for all employees in the Adult and Child Partial Programs.

Professional Experience

Proficiency in clinical applications preferred at time of hire; incumbents will be trained and expected to develop this skill within 30–60 days from date of hire.

Certifications

• ACLS required within 6 months of hire or transfer (various units).
• ATCN or TNCC required within 24 months of hire or transfer.
• Minimum 8 contact hours of education every year for basic trauma assessment, intervention, and stabilization; basic stroke assessment, intervention, and NIHSS education also required.
• PALS or ENPC attained within 12 months of hire or transfer.
• CCRN preferred in ICU/CTICU, CVU, and other critical care units.
• Other specialty certifications (e.g., ENPC, NCC) may be required depending on unit.

About Us

At AtlantiCare we believe in supporting the whole person. Our market‑competitive Total Rewards Package is designed to promote the physical, emotional, social, and financial well‑being of our team members. We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits and resources:

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Retirement Plans with employer contributions
• Short‑Term & Long‑Term Disability Coverage
• Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement to support educational goals
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) for healthcare and dependent care
• Wellness Programs to help you thrive
• Voluntary Benefits such as Pet Insurance and more

Benefits offerings may vary based on position and are subject to eligibility requirements.

Pay Transparency

In order to support the Fair Compensation Strategy by the US Government, HR Department and clients are required to adhere to the Pay Transparency Law in impacted states, which mandates employers to list salary ranges in job advertisements and promotions.

AtlantiCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.