OR Registered Nurse - Trauma, Transplant, Plastics - 30 Hours, Days

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

6d•$38 - $98•Onsite

About The Position

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is seeking an experienced Operating Room Registered Nurse to join its OR West team in Boston. This is a 30-hour-per-week position with 8-, 10-, or 12-hour shift options. Call requirements include off-shifts, weekends, and holidays. The nurse will provide perioperative care in a fast-paced, high-acuity Trauma OR, supporting complex and emergent procedures including bariatric surgery, neurosurgery, ENT, orthopedic trauma, spine surgery, major plastic reconstruction, robotic-assisted procedures, and kidney and liver transplant. BIDMC is a Magnet-recognized, Harvard-affiliated academic medical center and Level I Trauma Center. The Clinical Nurse II uses the nursing process to assess patients and families, plan and deliver direct care, and evaluate outcomes. The role coordinates patient care with assistive personnel and other health professionals, advocates for patients, communicates effectively, maintains competencies and mandatory education, and participates in professional development and potentially quality improvement activities. Training, evaluation, and competencies are overseen by a Nurse Leader. The position requires annual influenza vaccination as a condition of employment.

Requirements

Minimum 1 year of Operating Room RN experience.
Completion of the Periop 101 program.
Current Massachusetts RN license or eligibility.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
1–3 years of related work experience required.
Basic familiarity with computers and ability to navigate web-based applications.
Ability to communicate clearly in written English and converse in English effectively.
Ability 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.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

Assess health care needs of individuals or groups and formulate, implement, and evaluate plans of care.
Provide direct patient care and make appropriate nursing judgments.
Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to support safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, patient-centered care.
Identify resources necessary to implement the plan of care.
Collaborate with other health professionals to determine the needs of patients and families.
Build relationships with patients and families that maintain and communicate trust and respect.
Communicate effectively and act as a patient advocate.
Maintain annual mandatory education, emergency skills, and unit-based competencies.
Identify professional growth and development needs and participate in professional development activities.
May participate in quality improvement activities.
Take responsibility and accountability for nursing practice and patient safety.