Job Description

Position Summary:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Staff Nurse for the department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The Staff Nurse in collaboration with physicians, nursing staff, and other members of the healthcare team, oversees, coordinates and provides focused, episodic care to Clinical Operations patients. This care encompasses health promotion, health maintenance, or management of health-related problems that is delivered in face-to-face or telephone encounters. Additional Responsibilities includes: delegation, direction and supervision of the activities of Clinical Operations LPN's and non-nursing clinical staff to meet the needs of Clinical Operations patients. 

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Utilizes the nursing process to systematically assess, plan, implement, evaluate, and document a plan of care individualized for patient, group, or population in face-to-face and telephone encounters. 
• Engages in ongoing performance improvement activities to enhance the quality and effectiveness of one's clinical and professional nursing practice, and that of the Clinical Operations organizational system. 
• Arranges for prenatal patient follow-up whenever necessary and administration of fetal monitoring with appropriate assessment and intervention if indicated. 
• Administers medications and phlebotomy services and collects laboratory test results.
• Engages in continuing education to attain knowledge and competency that reflects the current state of ambulatory care nursing practice and that will enable the Staff Nurse to contribute to the fulfillment of Clinical Operations mission as it relates to the delivery of quality healthcare. 

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a license to practice in the State of New Jersey as a Registered Nurse (RN required). 
• Must have at least two (2) years of outpatient experience.   

City: New Brunswick

State: NJ

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

• Physical Demands:  Position requires standing, walking, sitting, use of the hands to finger, handle or feel, talk and hear 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms over 1/3 of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl under 1/3 of the time. Position requires lifting 1/3 of the time up to 10 pounds, and under 1/3 of the time up to 25 pounds. 
• Work Environment:  Moderate noise environment with some exposure (less than 1/3 of the time) to blood borne pathogens requiring the use of personal protective equipment; some potential exposure (less than 1/3 of the time) to hazardous waste. 

Posting Number: 24ST2520

About Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national public research university and the state's preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Rutgers is dedicated to teaching that meets the highest standards of excellence; to conducting research that breaks new ground; and to turning knowledge into solutions for local, national, and global communities. As it was at our founding in 1766, the heart of our mission is preparing students to become productive members of society and good citizens of the world. Rutgers teaches across the full educational spectrum: preschool to precollege; undergraduate to graduate and postdoctoral; and continuing education for professional and personal advancement. Rutgers is New Jersey's land-grant institution and one of the nation's foremost research universities, and as such, we educate, make discoveries, serve as an engine of economic growth, and generate ideas for improving people's lives.

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