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Position Details
Position Information
Recruitment/Posting Title Staff Nurse
Job Category Staff & Executive - Healthcare - Nursing
Department RWJ-EBCHC-MEDICAL
Overview
New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences ( RBHS ) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.
Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.
Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a Staff Nurse in the Nursing Department at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School/ Eric B. Chandler Health Center.
The primary purpose of the Staff Nurse position is to administer nursing care based on the individual needs of patients and their families, in accordance with professional nursing standards. Assists Nurse Manager and Assistant Nurse Managers in administering patient care as instructed or assigned.
Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Supervises staff assigned to unit.
• Assists with day-to-day supervision and management of nursing personnel in assigned unit.
• Provides feedback for performance evaluations.
• Oversees the ordering of supplies.
• Exercising judgment requiring independent action and/or the need to seek more expert assistance.
• Monitors supplies and stocking of exam rooms.
• Orders medications on an as needed basis.
• Performing those aspects of triage and nursing care requiring professional judgment and skills.
• Provides triage advice and guidance in accordance with the Health Center’s established policies and procedures for patients and their families.
• Ensures that patients are prepped (age-specific, per policy) for provider visit.

Position Status Full Time
Hours Per Week
Daily Work Shift
Work Arrangement
FLSA Nonexempt
Grade
Position Salary
Annual Minimum Salary 34.940
Annual Mid Range Salary 43.490
Annual Maximum Salary 50.370
Standard Hours 40.00
Union Description HPAE, Local 5089
Payroll Designation PeopleSoft
Benefits
Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.
Rutgers also offers a benefit program to eligible full-time postdoctoral fellow students. For details, please go to https://finance.rutgers.edu/healthcare-risk/insurance/postdoctoral-health-insurance.
Seniority Unit
Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility ABP
Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing.

Certifications/Licenses

• Current CPR Certification and at least six (6) months experience in clinical nursing.
• Basic Life Support Certification
• Must possess a valid NJ Registration as a Registered Nurse.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Work requires a high level of problem-solving skills involving the nursing process, computer systems, human resources and University policies and procedures.
• Position requires the ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing, read and execute standing orders and accurately document clinical findings.
• Incumbent must be able to push and/or pull supply carts, possess the ability to use a computer, including keyboarding, entering and retrieving data, utilizing a video display terminal to receive or audit data and/or information.
• Position involves exposure to blood and body fluids, which requires caution and use of established safety and infection control guidelines.
• Incumbent must be trained in infection control procedures and protocols.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual skills (English/Spanish speaking).

Equipment Utilized
Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Work Environment: Moderate noise level.
• Physical Demands: The incumbent must be able to stand, talk or hear over 2/3rd of the time; walk 2/3 of the time; sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel reach with hands and arms, climb or balance or stoop, kneel crouch or crawl under 1/3rd of the time. This position requires lifting up to 25 pounds under 1/3rd of the time.

Special Conditions
Posting Details
Posting Number 23ST0368
Posting Open Date
Special Instructions to Applicants
Regional Campus Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS)
Home Location Campus Downtown New Brunswick
City New Brunswick
State NJ
Location Details
Pre-employment Screenings
All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of all pre-employment screenings.
Immunization Requirements
Under Policy 60.1.35 Immunization Policy for Rutgers Employees and Prospective Employees (https://policies.rutgers.edu/60-1-35-currentpdf) , Rutgers University requires all prospective employees to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated and have received a booster (where eligible) against COVID-19 prior to commencement of employment, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Employees who are not eligible for a booster at the time of an offer of employment must provide proof they have received a booster upon eligibility and upload proof of same. Under Policy 100.3.1 Immunization Policy for Covered Individuals (https://policies.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/100-3-1-current.pdf) , if employment will commence during Flu Season, Rutgers University may require certain prospective employees to provide proof that they are vaccinated against Seasonal Influenza for the current Flu Season, unless the University has granted the individual a medical or religious exemption. Additional infection control and safety policies may apply. Prospective employees should speak with their hiring manager to determine which policies apply to the role or position for which they are applying. Failure to provide proof of vaccination for any required vaccines or obtain a medical or religious exemption from the University will result in rescission of a candidate’s offer of employment or disciplinary action up to and including termination.
Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
It is university policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As an institution, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment. For additional information please see the Non-Discrimination Statement at the following web address: http://uhr.rutgers.edu/non-discrimination-statement
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