RN - Long-Term Care - Travel - Edison, NJ - - Excellent Benefits 2024-11-07 - TravelNurseSource

TravelNurseSource is working with Cynet Health to find a qualified Long-Term Care RN in Edison, New Jersey, 08820!

About The Position
**Job Title:** Registered Nurse (RN) **Job Specialty:** Long-Term Care (LTC) Certified Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurse (CWON) **Job Duration:** 13 weeks **Shift:** Night - 5x8 - 11PM-7:30AM **Guaranteed Hours:** 40 **Experience:** Minimum 2 years in a long-term care or subacute rehab facility **License:** NJ State Professional Registered Nurse license or multi-state compact license **Certifications:** BLS - AHA **Must-Have:** Ability to demonstrate a team approach to problem-solving with excellent communication and collaboration skills **Job Description:** - Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver patient-centered nursing and rehabilitation services. - Support the Unit Manager to maintain high clinical standards and patient experience. - Ensure all assigned residents receive medications, treatments, and nursing care as ordered. - Complete all required documentation according to state and federal guidelines. - Supervise and assign tasks to nursing personnel on the unit. - Establish nursing care plans utilizing nursing diagnoses in cooperation with supervisors and other nursing personnel. - Implement plans of care for residents. - Prioritize and complete routine assignments accurately and independently within guidelines and schedules. - Recognize psychosocial needs and provide emotional support as necessary. - Maintain accurate and informative records on all patients. - Identify and report real or potential problems in patient care development or administration. - Maintain adequate inventory of medications, equipment, and supplies. - Record, report, and interpret patient responses to treatment and care to the inter-disciplinary team. - Identify and assess changes in patient conditions and report to the charge nurse. - Maintain equipment per facility policy and consistent with specifications. - Participate and represent nursing staff on committees as requested by supervisors. - Identify patient needs and opportunities for treatment, providing services to meet those needs continuously. - Maintain professional competence and stay current with occupational health and nursing trends through continuing education and training. - Foster good relationships and communications with team members, patients, families, and visitors. - Assist with new team member orientation and provide essential experiences to prepare them for independent job performance. - Report problems promptly to the manager. - Float as required, work every other weekend, and fulfill holiday requirements.

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Job Requirements
Required for Onboarding

• ACLS - AHA
• BLS - AHA
• Core Competency
• Pharmacology
• Skills Checklist
• Specialty Exam

5 Benefits of Travel Nursing

Constantly adapting to new environments and healthcare facilities challenges you to expand your knowledge and skills. This dynamic nature of travel nursing contributes significantly to your professional growth.

Managing assignments, travel logistics, and adapting to new environments requires effective time management. Travel nursing helps you hone your time management skills, a valuable asset in any healthcare setting.

Step out of your comfort zone and face new challenges, fostering personal resilience and adaptability. Travel nursing becomes a transformative journey that shapes not only your career but also your character.

Travel nurses can bring fresh perspectives to healthcare facilities, contributing ideas and insights that may lead to improvements in patient care, safety, and overall healthcare quality.

Travel nursing assignments often take you to areas with healthcare shortages. Your presence in these communities contributes to filling critical gaps in healthcare services.