Nurse, Internal Medicine

Mass General Brigham•Haverhill, MA

8h•Onsite

About The Position

Mass General Brigham is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing its mission through patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity focused on delivering high-quality, low-cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This group offers a wide range of services including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, urgent care, outpatient surgery, endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The community healthcare center in Haverhill, located at 1 Park Way, provides the latest in diagnostics, technology, and research, offering unparalleled acute, chronic, and wellness care. The multi-specialty group practice is seeking a 32-hour LPN or New Grad RN to support its Internal Medicine office onsite Monday through Thursday from 8:30am-5:00pm. This role involves a mix of phone triage and nurse visits.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required.
Current licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Nurse in MA required.
BLS required prior to hire.

Nice To Haves

Minimum of 1 year of RN or LPN experience, preferably in a community-based ambulatory setting preferred.

Responsibilities

Interviews patients about current problems, medications, and allergies, and reviews medical records for pertinent previous and current information.
Measure and record patients' vital signs.
Perform additional screening exams as needed, such as hearing, vision, depression, and falls assessments.
Provide basic patient care and treatments, such as dressing wounds, treating bedsores, administering enemas or douches, applying alcohol rubs, massaging, performing catheterizations, administering routine immunizations, and/or providing nebulizer treatments and visual acuity tests.
Participates in patient treatment regimen, including administering medications (under the supervision of a physician and registered nurse).
Communicates post-visit findings and participates in the plan of care, in coordination with the appropriate clinical staff.
Performs a variety of office responsibilities: answers phones and takes messages, and performs triage within the scope of licensed practical nursing practice in an accurate and timely manner.
Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
Assist patients with bathing, dressing, maintaining personal hygiene, transferring in bed, and standing and walking.