Nurse Specialist - Ambulatory Infusion (Full Time)

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Peabody, MA

20d•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. The Nurse Specialist for Ambulatory Infusion works with our chemotherapy and medical infusion clinics, both on BIDMC's main campus and around the greater Boston area. Working closely with Nursing Leaders and clinic management, goal of this position is to provide needed consistency and support across our various infusion clinics. The Nurse Specialist provides key support to each clinic, including but not limited to: onboarding, competency assessments, and staff education. This position is ideal for an experience Infusion or Hematology/Oncology Nurse looking to share their skills and make a broad, tangible impact on BIDMC and the communities we serve! This position is full time 40 hours per week; day shifts. While the position is based on BIDMC's main campus, interested candidates should be comfortable occasionally visiting our off-site clinics in Cambridge, Winchester, Needham, and Peabody. The BIDMC Nursing Mission is to build on a legacy of nursing excellence by caring with compassion, advancing the art & science of nursing, and advocating for the health of patients, families, and communities. The Nurse Specialist (T1) acts as a clinical leader with the primary goal of continuous improvement of patient outcomes and safe nursing practice. Partners with the Nursing Director in leading the professional practice at BIDMC. Maintains current professional knowledge/competencies and contributes to the advancement of nursing practice at the unit, system, local, and/or national level. Training, evaluation and competencies for this role are overseen by a Nurse Leader to the department.

Requirements

Master's degree in Nursing required.
License Registered Nurse required
American Heart Association – Basic Life support Certificate required.
3-5 years related work experience required.
Experience with computer systems required, including web based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Nice To Haves

Five years of successful work experience in nursing with two years in a specialty area.
Current Clinical Nurse Specialist certification.
Current Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) license to practice in Massachusetts.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.

Responsibilities

Acts as a clinical leader who supports the development of staff utilizing the latest evidence-based practice relative to safe, cost-effective, and optimal nursing care.
Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to integrate the holistic nursing approach into a comprehensive plan of care for the patient/family.
Identifies and prioritizes nursing care needs for a select population of patients/families.
Develops and implements care conferences or programs for individual patients or populations of patients.
Designs and evaluates innovative educational programs for patients/families, the community, and other healthcare providers.
Creates and updates nursing policies, protocols, and procedures using evidence-based data to develop nurse-sensitive indicators in order to achieve positive outcomes.
Collaborates with nurse specialists, unit based educators, and nursing directors on the creation and implementation of orientation, clinical competencies, and other clinical educational program development.
Mentors nurses in the acquisition of new skills, the effective incorporation of evidence into practice, and in career development.
Participates in the identification, selection, implementation and evaluation of products and equipment.
Collaborates with nursing colleagues and other health care professionals in conducting research and publishing scholarly works, representing BIDMC, locally and nationally.