Job Description

WHY VITALIEF?

Our PEOPLE FIRST culture prioritizes personal and professional growth for all Vitalief employees. If you are interested a rewarding career path, a healthier \xe2\x80\x9cLife\xe2\x80\x9d work balance, and working with a team that respects and encourages your voice, then we want to speak with you! Career paths include the opportunity to work in clinical research/trials and/or health education!

Vitalief, a fast-growing, \xe2\x80\x9cbest of breed\xe2\x80\x9d Research and Clinical Trial Solutions Company, is committed to identifying talented and passionate clinical research professionals to join our exceptional team and support our clients in planning and executing successful clinical trials.

Advantages of working at Vitalief:

• Ability to have a voice challenging the status quo with novel thinking
• Transparent Leadership
• Investment in your career progression
• Employee incentive/reward program
• Encouraged and mentored by the talented Vitalief team to achieve full potential
• 20 PTO (Paid Time Off) days plus 9 paid Holidays annually
• Other benefits include: Company paid life insurance and short / long term disability coverage; 401K retirement program; Robust healthcare plans to choose from

Salary Range: $100,000 to $110,000 annually

Work Location: This role is 100% on-site and based in Newark, NJ

Responsibilities:

• As a member of the Infectious Disease Practice, provide patient care for a very busy clinic that deals with a large number of mentally ill patients with infectious diseases (i.e., HIV).
• Skillfully administer total patient care based on the individualized needs of assigned patients and families, in accordance with professional nursing standards.
• Assess the health status of assigned patients; then plan, implement, and evaluate individualized care based on patient assessment and medical plan of care.
• Provide direct patient care or direction and supervision to other health team members to ensure proper implementation of plan of care.
• Teaches patient and significant others about health/illness state and plan of care.
• Ensures that patient and significant others are prepared for discharge and health maintenance in the home setting.
• Is knowledgeable of and initiates emergency procedures.
• Administers medications and parental therapies in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Maintains patient safety, comfort, and cleanliness.
• Develops and maintains good human relations skills consistent with the principles of the program with employees, patients, medical staff, and visitors in accordance with the performance of duties.
• Reports all necessary information and/or unusual occurrences in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Maintains knowledge of and participates in nursing quality assurance activities.
• Uses problem solving methods to resolve issues that impact nursing care.

Required Skills:

• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a license to practice in the State of New Jersey.
• 1-2 years of experience as a RN.
• Ability to assess the health status of assigned patients as outlined in the nursing standards.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal skills to interact with patients in a clear and confident manner.
• Must be comfortable dealing with mentally ill and infectious disease (i.e., HIV) patients in a very busy clinic.
• Experience in Infectious Disease, HIV/AIDS care, and Mental Illness is preferred.
• Credential Required: Professional Registered Nurse, BLS for Providers (CPR).
• Ability to work one evening until 6/6:30pm.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Position requires standing 2/3 of the time, walking 2/3 of the time, requires sitting 1/3 of the time, use of hands to finger, handle, or feel over 2/3 of the time, reach with hands and arms 1/3 of the time, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl 1/3 of the time, talk or hear over 2/3 of the time. Requires lifting of up 2/3 of the time. Occasionally requires ability to push wheeled carts/stretchers more than 100 pounds up to 1/3 of the time.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Vitalief partners with clients such as major medical centers and academic institutions that requires all on-site resources such as prospective Vitalief consultants to provide proof that they are fully vaccinated for Covid-19; inoculated annually for Influenza; and successfully pass a Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) for Mycobacterium Tuberculosis.

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