Admissions Registered Nurse, Home Care

Mass General Brigham•Beverly, MA

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Mass General Brigham Home Care is seeking a per diem Registered Nurse to join their North Star of Care Team. This role offers the autonomy, variety, and fulfillment of home health care, allowing nurses to bring advanced clinical expertise, compassion, and innovation directly into patients’ homes. The position focuses on helping patients recover, regain independence, and manage complex conditions in a comfortable environment. The role emphasizes practicing at the top of one's license, building meaningful patient relationships, and making a significant impact. Home care nursing involves leading and coordinating individualized patient care plans, delivering 1:1 skilled nursing care, collaborating with interdisciplinary clinicians, providing advanced clinical treatments and patient education, and helping to prevent hospital readmissions and improve long-term outcomes. Nurses will guide patient recovery, empower families, and make a difference in daily lives. The Registered Nurses oversee and coordinate the full plan of care while collaborating closely with LPNs, therapists, and social workers to ensure comprehensive, high-quality care at home. Responsibilities typically include starts of care, resumptions of care, evaluations, or revisits. Patient care is delivered within the organizational philosophy, policy, and standards of community health practice. The admissions process and case management responsibilities are performed in accordance with MGB Healthcare at Home policies and standards of practice, utilizing thorough and timely electronic documentation and interdisciplinary communications. Skilled nursing care includes assessment, teaching, treatment, documentation, and care coordination, demonstrating high-quality customer service and financial awareness.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved School of Nursing
Current Massachusetts license as Registered Nurse
Minimum of one year previous nursing experience in acute care setting
Travel required within MGB Healthcare at Home geographic area
Ability to work with various computer software required
Strong interpersonal and customer service skills
Ability to work with a diverse population
Ability to communicate effectively in writing, verbally and electronically
Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team of health care providers
Ability to work independently, be self-directed and adapt to unpredictable circumstances
Ability to organize and prioritize work, and adapt to changing situations

Nice To Haves

Prior home care experience preferred
Knowledge of hand-held patient care computer devices preferred

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate individualized patient care plans
Deliver 1:1 skilled nursing care in the home
Collaborate with interdisciplinary clinicians
Provide advanced clinical treatments and patient education
Help prevent hospital readmissions and improve long-term outcomes
Oversee and coordinate the full plan of care
Complete starts of care, resumptions of care, evaluations, or revisits
Provide quality, clinical services to patients in various settings in the community
Perform admissions process and case management responsibilities
Utilize thorough and timely electronic documentation and interdisciplinary communications
Provide skilled nursing care in the form of assessment, teaching, treatment, documentation and care coordination