About Your Healthcare Team

We are very concerned about your privacy. At the time of your admission to the hospital, you received a brochure, “Raritan Bay Medical Center Notice of Privacy Practices,” outlining our practices as required under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

All hospital employees and members of the medical staff are committed to complying with our privacy policies. If you require additional information related to our privacy notice or practices, please contact our privacy officer at 732.324.6062.

Nursing and Patient Care Staff
Raritan Bay Medical Center is a national Magnet Hospital, recognizing excellence in nursing services.  Our registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, patient care coordinators and unit assistants are dedicated to providing high quality care for our patients.

Nursing – Administrative Coordinators
During evenings, nights, weekends and holidays, our nursing – administrative coordinators oversee patient care throughout the hospital.  They are available to assist you with any concerns you may have. You may contact them through your nurse or the hospital operator.

Nursing Managers
Each unit has a nursing manager who has full responsibility and accountability for the unit each and every day.  The nursing manager works with staff to coordinate services within his/her department. They are available to assist you during normal business hours, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with any concerns you may have and may visit you during your stay.

Patient Care Assistants
Each unit has a number of patient care assistants to help you perform tasks and to assist with monitoring vital signs and blood sugar, feeding needs and bathing. In some settings they also draw blood specimens and perform EKG’s. They work under the direction of the registered nurse.

Engineering Department
There is a complete team of support services personnel to ensure your stay is comfortable.  The engineering department is responsible for your room temperature and overall maintenance.  Please speak to your nurse if any of these are not to your satisfaction.

Environmental Services
The environmental services department is responsible for cleaning your room. Please let them know how they can make your stay as comfortable as possible.

Laboratory Tests
Your doctor may order blood or body fluid tests to aid in your diagnosis and treatment.   A phlebotomy technician may come to your hospital room to obtain blood specimens through venipuncture or fingerstick, or you may come to the outpatient area of the laboratory to have these specimens drawn.

Pharmacy
The pharmacy personnel (registered pharmacists and pharmacy technicians) meet your medication needs on physician order.  Pharmacists are available 24 hours a day to advise physicians on the best medication available for you and check each order for appropriate dosage or if there are any drug interactions prior to dispensing your medication. Technicians assist the pharmacist and nurse in maintaining an adequate supply of medication for you.

Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy
This service is offered to inpatients and outpatients referred by physicians.  Registered physical therapists are dedicated to restoring patients to their highest level of physical ability, which includes strength, coordination, flexibility, and proper body mechanics. Staff members guide each patient through an individualized program with the goal of reducing pain and improving functions.

Diagnostic Imaging
If your doctor has ordered an x-ray, ultrasound, MRI, CT scan, nuclear medicine or PET/CT scan, you will be transported to the diagnostic imaging department. Highly trained technologists will do all they can to make you comfortable while undergoing these diagnostic procedures.  Diagnostic procedures may require preparation and/or medication to be taken the evening before the test.  In addition, it may be necessary to ingest or inject a special material in order to outline a particular organ to be studied.  This material may be administered by mouth, through a blood vessel, or by way of an enema.  The technologists work under the supervision of a radiologist, a physician trained in the use of x-rays, for diagnosis and treatment of disease.  After the tests have been performed and processed, they will be studied and evaluated by the radiologist who makes a report for your doctor.

Respiratory Services
Respiratory services include both respiratory therapy and the pulmonary laboratory.  Respiratory therapists provide a variety of therapeutic services on physician order. Services include medicated aerosol treatments, chest percussion and drainage, as well as other technical life support procedures.  The pulmonary laboratory provides diagnostic testing for a wide variety of patients. Tests for lung volumes, airflow, and overall lung function may be ordered for you before surgery or to assist in diagnosing and treating a variety of lung ailments.

Human Motion Institute at Raritan Bay Medical Center
The Human Motion Institute at Raritan Bay Medical Center is a unique program offering a comprehensive continuum of musculoskeletal care within a highly integrated orthopedic healthcare delivery network.  This includes not only assessment, treatment, education and therapy services but prevention as well. Raritan Bay’s goal is to help each patient achieve maximum function and mobility as quickly and safely as possible, employing the latest medical techniques available to enhance the clinical team’s effectiveness.  By combining the extensive clinical expertise of the medical center’s physicians with RBMC’s Magnet nurses and their compassionate Patient Family Centered Care Model treatment philosophy, Raritan Bay has created a program known for its high-quality care. Services include: Spine Care, Joint Care (Hip, Knee, Shoulder), Hand and Upper Extremity, Sports Medicine, Foot and Ankle and Physical Therapy.  Call 1.855.5.MOTION for more information.

Medical Pavilion at Woodbridge
Raritan Bay Medical Center’s Medical Pavilion at Woodbridge, located at 740 Route 1 North, Iselin, provides high-quality, urgent non-emergency care, obstetrical/gynecological and physical therapy services.  Urgent care, provided by a physician or nurse practitioner, is available with or without an appointment 365 days a year. Urgent care services include care for conditions such as common illnesses; colds, sore throat, eye, ear and sinus infections and chronic conditions; asthma, allergies, digestive disorders and injuries suffered at home or at work (including cuts, providing stitches and their removal).

The pavilion’s clinicians are able to refer patients for on-site diagnostic imaging and preventive health screenings such as physicals, blood pressure, cholesterol, allergy and diabetes testing and vaccinations. As an added benefit they may refer patients who need specialty care, advanced diagnostic testing, or surgery to RBMC physicians, providing continuity of care.  The 10,000-square-foot facility is also home to the physician practice Bay Obstetrics and Gynecology (another office is located in South Amboy) and a satellite office of the hospital’s physical therapy department; providing obstetrical/gynecological services for all stages of life and comprehensive physical therapy services respectively. For more information about services call 732.726.0011.