CentraState Medical Center is an acute-care medical center licensed for 284 beds. The medical center is a teaching hospital in conjunction with the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Family Medicine Residency Program. The hospital has been designated with Magnet status since 2005 for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) of the American Nurses Association. Research indicates that Magnet recognized organizations consistently outperform those organizations that have not achieved Magnet status. Not only do Magnet hospitals have better patient outcomes and higher patient satisfaction rates, they are known for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice.
Star and Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus is a 171,000-square-foot outpatient center opened in 2007 that is home to the Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, a new Fitness and Wellness Center, OceanFirst Rehabilitation Center, Thomas J. Blanchet Cardiac Diagnostic Center, Cardiac Rehabilitation, Center for Sleep Disorders, Integrative Health & Preventive Cardiology Program, several private physician offices, Liberty Café, and Jack Aaronson conference center.
Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center offers a variety of health education and fitness programs for adults and children, support groups, and health screenings to the community, schools, and businesses. Its Student Health Awareness Center provides programs specifically designed for students and faculty.
Our Three Senior Living Communities:
- Applewood is a lifecare retirement community. The community now includes 380 independent-living, assisted-living and skilled-nursing apartments, and 20 independent-living cottages, along with a new promenade, performing arts center, formal dining room, and other enhancements.
- Monmouth Crossing is Freehold’s first assisted living community, providing 76 apartments.
- The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center is a nationally recognized skilled-nursing facility licensed for 123 beds that accommodates short and long term stays.
Family Medicine Center is a free-standing office about a quarter-mile west of the hospital providing community health services and serving as home to CentraState Medical Center’s Family Medicine Residency Program.
Family Practice of CentraState is a group of physician practices located at the Medical Center Campus Medical Arts Building in Freehold, Colts Neck, Jackson, East Windsor, Marlboro, and Monroe.
Values
CentraState is dedicated to service excellence for our patients, residents, families and the community. Compassion, sensitivity and integrity, for those we serve as well as those with whom we work with are essential. We are also committed to an environment that supports continuous quality improvement and positive change. This environment is enhanced by education that improves our individual and collective capabilities. We understand that cooperation with individuals and institutions with whom we share common goals is integral to the fulfillment of our mission. These values are at the core of our workplace and guide us in what we do every day. It is very important that our current and prospective employees understand and share these values.
Commitment to Health & Wellness
At CentraState we are committed to health and wellness for our community and our employees. We encourage employees to maintain healthy lifestyles and provide many programs to support this commitment—including employee wellness offerings and a drug-free and tobacco-free campus! We’re completely tobacco free, inside and out. This means that there is no smoking or other tobacco use on CentraState grounds, including parking lots, driveway and all other exterior areas.
Diversity & Inclusion
We embrace and value diversity and inclusion at CentraState. We provide an environment that supports and encourages the unique contributions of each employee. You will find our employees reflect the diversity of our community. We are glad to say that our employees can share their differences in a supportive environment.
Our Board of Trustees, Administration and Management are also committed to equal opportunity for those employed or seeking employment within our System. Employment-related decisions for any employee or potential employee are based solely on the qualifications of the individual. We support Equal Opportunity Employment (including individuals with disabilities and protected veterans) and Affirmative Action.
Not for Profit Organization
CentraState is designated as a not-for-profit organization, serving our community. Our salaries are competitive with those of other, similarly placed, non-profit healthcare employers.
Nurse Career Information
CentraState Healthcare System provides a great working environment and rewarding opportunities for nurses in a wide range of medical and surgical specialties, as well as in long-term care.
The hospital has been designated with Magnet status since 2005 for nursing excellence by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) of the American Nurses Association. Research indicates that Magnet recognized organizations consistently outperform those organizations that have not achieved Magnet status. Not only do Magnet hospitals have better patient outcomes and higher patient satisfaction rates, they are known for quality patient care, nursing excellence and innovations in professional nursing practice.
Magnet recognition is considered the “gold standard” for measuring excellence in nursing and patient care. Of the approximate 5,800 hospitals in the U.S., 8 percent hold Magnet designation, and only 2 percent have been designated for the third time as Magnet organizations.
Hospitals must undergo a rigorous application and appraisal process to earn Magnet status. To achieve redesignation, they must repeat that process and also demonstrate further development of 60 separate criteria within the five Magnet model components: Transformational Leadership, Structural Empowerment, Exemplary Professional Practice, New Knowledge, Innovations and Improvements, and Empirical Outcomes.
The hospital features specialties in maternal-child, critical care, emergency, surgical, and psychiatric nursing. We also provide outstanding nursing care in our medical/surgical, oncology, telemetry, and cardiac rehabilitation units.
Our nurses enjoy a competitive pay and benefits, flexible scheduling, and an array of other amenities often overlooked at larger hospital systems. CentraState nurses also have access to advanced technology in the workplace, including computer documentation. Because they collaborate directly with our physicians to ensure excellence in patient care, our nurses enjoy increased autonomy and decision-making responsibility.
Nursing orientation focuses on specific nursing department processes, procedures, and delivery of care. If you are looking for a work environment that fosters your leadership skills and provides opportunities for personal and professional growth, consider joining the nursing staff at CentraState.