Experienced Registered Nurse - Klarman 8- Cardiac Intermediate Care- 36hr Rotating

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Boston, MA

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About The Position

The Clinical Nurse II works on Klarman 8, a 32-bed cardiac intermediate-care unit focused primarily on advanced heart failure therapies. The nurse provides direct nursing care to patients and families, using the nursing process to assess needs, develop and implement care plans, and evaluate outcomes. The unit cares for patients with decompensated heart failure, complex arrhythmias, myocardial infarctions, and post-procedural needs, including after structural heart procedures, PCI, and electrophysiology procedures. It is also the designated inpatient unit for patients requiring inotropic medications, LVADs, pulmonary artery catheters, and pericardial drains.

Nurses collaborate with an interdisciplinary care team to develop patient-centered treatment plans. Extensive training is provided through staged workshops during the first year of hire and annually thereafter. Training, evaluation, and competencies are overseen by a Nurse Leader. The role includes coordinating patient care, directing assistive personnel, advocating for patients, maintaining required education and competencies, and pursuing professional development. The position requires the ability to stand and/or move for most of the shift and involves medium physical work.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
• Registered Nurse license required.
• Basic Life Support certification required.
• 1–3 years of related work experience required.
• Basic familiarity with computers and ability to navigate web-based applications at a basic level.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English.
• Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families, and external customers.
• Competence to provide patient care to neonatal patients from birth to 6 months, young adults aged 16–30, middle-aged adults aged 30–60, and elderly patients aged 60 and older.
• Ability to exert up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and to stand and/or move around through the majority of the shift.

Nice To Haves

• Baccalaureate degree in Nursing strongly preferred.
• Experience in a teaching hospital.
• Specialty area expertise.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct nursing care to patients and make necessary nursing judgments.
• Assess health care needs systematically and formulate, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
• Integrate theoretical knowledge with practical experience when making decisions about patient care.
• Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to support safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, patient-centered care.
• Recognize environmental forces affecting the health care of patients and families.
• Identify resources needed to implement plans of care.
• Collaborate with other health professionals to determine the health care needs of patients and families.
• Develop relationships with patients and families that communicate trust and respect.
• Communicate effectively and act as a patient advocate.
• Maintain annual mandatory education requirements, including emergency skills and unit-based competencies.
• Identify continued growth and development needs with the unit-based educator or clinical nurse specialist.
• Participate in activities that contribute to personal professional development.
• May participate in quality improvement activities.
• Demonstrate commitment to patients, staff, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and reflect the Medical Center's goals in nursing practice.
• Be accountable for own nursing practice and patient safety.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree