Experienced Registered Nurse- Jenks 5- Medicine Telemetry- Per Diem
About The Position
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is hiring an experienced registered nurse for Jenks 5, a medicine telemetry service at the New England Baptist Hospital campus. BIDMC is establishing two 25-bed inpatient medicine units, scheduled to open in January 2027. The nurse will join the founding team and help shape the unit culture and new inpatient care environment. Orientation and training will take place at BIDMC's main campus before the nurse transitions to the NEBH location. As part of a Magnet-designated academic medical center, the nurse provides direct patient care, makes nursing judgments, assesses health care needs, and develops, implements, and evaluates care plans. The role coordinates patient care, directs assistive personnel, collaborates with other health professionals, communicates with patients and families, and advocates for patients. The nurse also maintains required education and competencies, contributes to professional development and potentially quality improvement activities, and may mentor new nurse residents. The position involves close attention to work, responding to changing circumstances, and potential exposure to infectious diseases and other adverse environmental conditions. Protective equipment is required. The work is physical in nature, with most of the shift spent standing or moving, and includes lifting and carrying items up to 50 pounds and repositioning patients with or without assistance. The organization requires staff vaccination against influenza as a condition of employment.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- 1–3 years of related work experience.
- Registered Nurse license.
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support certificate.
- 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 over.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English and to comprehend and converse in English with staff, patients, families, and external customers.
- Ability to make decisions guided by general instructions and practices, analyze varied problems, follow procedures, organize work, and seek assistance in difficult or unpredictable situations.
- Ability to work collaboratively, provide professional and respectful customer service, and remain calm in stressful situations.
- Ability to maintain concentrated attention for up to four hours without a break and respond to changing circumstances.
- Ability to perform medium physical work, exerting up to 50 pounds occasionally and up to 20 pounds frequently; stand or move for most of the shift; and meet the listed walking, standing, bending, twisting, crouching, grasping, manipulation, pushing, pulling, reaching, lifting, carrying, and patient-repositioning demands.
- Ability to use required protective equipment and work with potential exposure to infectious diseases, airborne pathogens, and bloodborne pathogens.
Nice To Haves
- Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care and make necessary nursing judgments.
- Systematically assess the health care needs of individuals or groups and formulate, implement, and evaluate care plans.
- Integrate theoretical knowledge with practical experience to make decisions in patient care.
- Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to provide safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, patient-centered care.
- Identify resources needed to implement plans of care and account for environmental influences on patients and families.
- Collaborate with other health professionals to determine the health care needs of patients and families.
- Build and maintain trusting, respectful relationships with patients and families; 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, and participate in professional development.
- May participate in quality improvement activities.
- Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for nursing practice and patient safety.
- Help establish unit culture and may mentor new nurse residents.
Benefits
- Opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
