Nursing Jobs in Peapack and Gladstone, NJ

Registered Nurse, Per Diem Days, Nursing Education, Variable Shifts, Atlantic Health, Morristown Medical Center

$55.62 / hour

Job Description Provides direct patient care, coordinates treatment plans, and collaborates with interdisciplinary teams to ensure quality outcomes. Maintains clinical documentation, adheres to safety protocols, and supports patient education and advocacy. Perform systematic, comprehensive, and accurate assessments. Assess potential discharge needs during the initial assessment process. Monitor effects of medications and treatments and report adverse effects in a timely manner. Assess patient for pain level. Provide appropriate intervention, reassessment, and documentation. Systematically monitor the maintenance of protocols, standards, and plans of care. Plans and provides individualized patient education. Demonstrate competent clinical skills. Perform nursing-related skills and activities competently. Analyze situations critically. Maintain complete and accurate documentation. Identify and document realistic long and short-term goals. Complete interdisciplinary plan of care record. Participate in interdisciplinary rounds. Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and revise the plan of care as needed. Recognize and evaluate patient and family responses to therapies and nursing interventions. Communicate clearly and effectively with all members of the healthcare team. Complete hand-off communication and give complete reports to other caregivers. Demonstrate critical thinking and time management skills necessary for effective patient care. Assume responsibility and accountability for safe nursing care of assigned patients. Delegate responsibilities appropriately to others. Conducts regular patient rounds to ensure safety and enhance patient experience. Actively participates in daily interdisciplinary huddles to support coordinated care. Utilizes approved clinical communication tools (e.g., Vocera) in accordance with organizational standards. Adhere to OSHA, Joint Commission, Standards of Nursing Practice supported by NJ BON, professional association, ANA Code of Ethics & Scope of Standards and Practice NJ Board of Health, and hospital standards. Use two patient identifiers and check allergies before medication administration. Follow hand washing protocols and maintain isolation precautions. Properly use and store equipment, checking expiration dates. Demonstrates leadership and function as a resource/mentor. Actively participates in Shared Governance. Assesses learning needs, plans and delivers education, and supports staff development through orientation, continuing education, and competency validation. Collaborates with leadership to implement innovative programs, evaluate effectiveness, and ensure regulatory compliance. Serves as a mentor, resource, and facilitator for clinical excellence and professional growth. Determines learning needs of nursing team. Maintains ongoing needs assessment. Evaluates responses to educational programs. Identifies priority topics related to quality assessment and improvement issues. Collaborates with nursing management and team members. Identifies educational needs re: new products, policies, procedures and/or issues related to professional associations and regulatory agencies. Provides ongoing team member development/continuing education. Collaborates with nursing management and preceptors to establish ongoing developmental goals. Assists with problem solving and development of action plans to meet developmental objectives. Facilitates attainment of objectives by planning and implementing continuing education programs and on-unit conferences. Works collaboratively with managers and team members in planning and implementing innovative programs/systems. Provides competency-based tools to support changed performance expectations. Structures formats and processes to support program implementation. Consults on projects as requested and complete in a timely fashion. Assists in planning and implementing team member orientation. Identifies, validates and documents basic competencies of newly hired RNs including electronic documentation in the specialized area. Provides orientation goals and strategies to orientee and preceptor. Acts as a resource in providing theory and supervised practice in response to selected developmental needs. Acts as a resource/facilitator to the orientee, preceptor, and/or manager as needed. Provides basic orientation and skills validation of newly hired Patient Care Technicians and Unit Acts as a resource/facilitator re: resolution of performance problems. Evaluates program/presentation effectiveness using relevant methods. Plans program evaluation based on program objectives. Implements evaluative process and analyzes findings. Plans and implements relevant follow-up activities. Maintains records according to established policies. Develops/approves program objectives, content and evaluation methods for nursing education programs. Verifies completion of self-learning activities. Provides data for computerized records. Participates in committees and task forces. Researches, recommends, implements and evaluates policies and standards. Acts as a resource to hospital committees by providing input regarding identified problems and practice issues, developmental and problem-solving strategies. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Master’s Degree in Nursing Preferred. Minimum of 5 years of Acute Care experience in a hospital setting as a Registered Nurse. Certification in area of specialty preferred. BLS Required. About Us At Atlantic Health, our promise to our communities is; Anyone who enters one of our facilities will receive the highest quality care delivered at the right time, at the right place, and at the right cost. This commitment is also echoed in the respect, development and opportunities we give to our more than 22,000 team members. Headquarters in Morristown, New Jersey, we are one of the leading non-profit health care systems in the nation. Our facilities and sites of care include: Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, NJ Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center, Summit, NJ Atlantic Health Newton Medical Center, Newton, NJ Atlantic Health Chilton Medical Center, Pompton Plains, NJ Atlantic Health Hackettstown Medical Center, Hackettstown, NJ Atlantic Health Goryeb Children's Hospital, Morristown, NJ Atlantic Health CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold, NJ Atlantic Medical Group Atlantic Visiting Nurse Atlantic Mobile Health Atlantic Rehabilitation We have more than 900 community-based healthcare providers affiliated through Atlantic Medical Group. We Have Received Awards And Recognition For The Services We Have Provided To Our Patients, Team Members And Communities. Below Are Just a Few Of Our Accolades Chosen for 17 years by Fortune as one of the magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For." Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook Named by Newsweek as two of the “World’s Best Hospitals” in 2026. Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook ranked within the top three hospitals in New Jersey by U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-2026 Best Hospital rankings. Atlantic Health scored four “A” grades by The Leapfrog Group in its Fall 2025 Hospital Safety Grades, performance measures reflecting errors, accidents, injuries and injections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm. Atlantic Health Morristown and Atlantic Health Overlook are New Jersey's only hospitals to be named among America's 50 Best hospitals by Healthgrades in 2026. Named by Becker's Healthcare as one of the "165 Top Places to Work in Healthcare – 2026. Atlantic Health Morristown, Atlantic Health Overlook, Atlantic Health Chilton and Atlantic Health Newton all Forbes Top Hospitals for 2026. Named by Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity 2025. Atlantic Health rated LEVEL 9 - 2025 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired. Morristown Medical Center is a nationally-recognized leader in cardiology and heart surgery, orthopedics, gynecology, geriatrics, gastroenterology and GI surgery, pulmonology and lung surgery, and urology. We are the only hospital in New Jersey named one of America's '50 Best Hospitals' for six consecutive years by Healthgrades and one of the World's Best Hospitals by Newsweek. We were included on Becker's Healthcare 2020 list of "100 Great Hospitals in America". In addition, Leapfrog recognized us with an "A" hospital safety grade - its highest - twelve consecutive times, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services awarded us again with its highest five-start rating in 2020. Morristown Medical Center is a Magnet Hospital for Excellence in Nursing Service, the highest level of recognition achievable from the American Nurses Credentialing Center for facilities that provide acute care services. Our nonprofit hospital was also designated a Level I Regional Trauma Center by the American College of Surgeons and a Level II by the State of NJ. Team Member Benefits Atlantic Health offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports the health, financial security, and well-being of all team members. Offerings vary based on role level (Team Member, Director, Executive). Below is a general summary, with role-specific enhancements highlighted: Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription Coverage (22.5 hours per week or above for full-time and part-time team members) Life & AD&D Insurance. Short-Term and Long-Term Disability (with options to supplement) 403(b) Retirement Plan: Employer match, additional non-elective contribution PTO & Paid Sick Leave Tuition Assistance, Advancement & Academic Advising Parental, Adoption, Surrogacy Leave Backup and On-Site Childcare Well-Being Rewards Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Fertility Benefits, Healthy Pregnancy Program Flexible Spending & Commuter Accounts Pet, Home & Auto, Identity Theft and Legal Insurance ____________________________________________ Note: In Compliance with the NJ Pay Transparency Act (effective Sunday, June 1, 2025), all job postings will include the hourly wage or salary (or a range), as well as this summary of benefits. Final compensation and benefit eligibility may vary by role and employment status and will be confirmed at the time of offer. EEO STATEMENT Atlantic Health, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and federal contractor or subcontractor and therefore abides by applicable laws to protect applicants and employees from discrimination in hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, citizenship status, disability, age, genetics, or veteran status.