Registered Nurse, Per Diem, 11P-7A, Cardiac Operating Room, Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center

JobID: 32789

Category: Nursing

JobSchedule:

Posted Date: 2026-09-17T18:50:16+00:00

JobShift:

Minimum Salary (Hourly Rate): 55.620000

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.