Nurse Residency- Farr 11- Medicine Telemetry- 36hr Rotating
About The Position
Farr 11 is a fast-paced, 30-bed acute care adult general medicine unit, including 26 telemetry beds. The unit cares for patients with a range of acute and chronic illnesses, including sepsis, COPD, pneumonia, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, cancer, failure to thrive, and eating disorders. Patients may have multiple comorbidities and complex social or psychiatric disorders. The role requires strong communication and organizational skills, adaptability, and collaborative work with a multidisciplinary team. The Nurse Resident is an entry-level registered nurse position for new graduates. The resident uses the nursing process as the framework for professional practice and provides direct care to patients and families. Training, evaluation, and competencies are overseen by a Nurse Leader in the department. Residents are automatically enrolled in a 12-month Transition to Practice: Nurse Residency Program, which complements unit-based, precepted clinical orientation. The program combines monthly classroom seminars led by expert facilitators with hands-on precepted work experiences, helping residents develop critical thinking and clinical competence, reflect on clinical experiences, receive feedback, and chart professional growth. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Nursing Mission is to build on a legacy of nursing excellence by caring with compassion, advancing the art and science of nursing, and advocating for the health of patients, families, and communities. Staff are required to be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing.
- Registered Nurse license.
- Basic Life Support certificate from the American Heart Association.
- 0–1 years of related work experience.
- Basic familiarity with computers and ability to navigate web-based applications at a basic level.
- Strong communication and organizational skills, adaptability, and ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
- Ability to provide patient care to neonatal patients (birth to 6 months), young adults (16–30 years), middle-aged adults (30–60 years), and elderly patients (60 and older).
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 when making decisions about patient care.
- Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to provide safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, patient-centered care.
- Develop awareness of environmental forces affecting the health care of patients and families.
- Develop collegial and collaborative relationships with other health professionals to determine patient and family health care needs.
- Learn to develop relationships with patients and families that communicate and maintain trust and respect.
- Communicate effectively in the exchange of information.
- Begin to demonstrate the ability to 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.
- Demonstrate commitment to patients, staff, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, reflecting the Medical Center’s goals in nursing practice.
- Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for nursing practice and patient safety.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
