RN - MGB Cancer Institute - MGH

Mass General Brigham • Boston, MA

16h • Onsite

About The Position

The Practice Nurse works in the Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute’s Yawkey 7 and 9 ambulatory gynecologic surgery practices. In collaboration with a multidisciplinary care team, the nurse provides autonomous, accountable, and coordinated patient care across prevention, diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, palliation, bereavement, and survivorship. The role includes assessing patient health status, developing and evaluating care plans, providing treatments, communicating with the care team, and offering patients and families education and psychosocial support. Care should be safe, holistic, efficient, timely, effective, and responsive to patients’ cultural, spiritual, and ethnic needs.

The nurse serves as a point of contact for patients at home and in the outpatient setting, coordinating clinical management with physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, support staff, and other team members. The position is a 40-hour role consisting of four 10-hour day shifts, 7:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; the posting states there are no weekends, call, nights, or holidays. This is an onsite position at 100 Blossom Street.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in Nursing required; experience cannot be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Current Registered Nurse state license required.
• Clinical nursing experience; 0–1 year is listed as required.
• Ability to provide practical nursing care and treatment using appropriate principles and skills.
• Knowledge of care requirements for the age groups served.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and protect sensitive information.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to accurately screen and triage acute patients.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to problem-solve, serve as a resource to the multidisciplinary care team, and resolve complex issues for providers and patients.
• Ability to work in a patient-centered practice environment and advocate for patients and families.
• Exceptional organizational skills and flexibility to manage multiple tasks and adapt to changing situations.
• Knowledge of computer applications used in an ambulatory or outpatient setting.
• Ability to maintain and update specialty clinical knowledge and skills using current research and evidence-based practices.
• Flexibility to work across different specialty clinics.

Nice To Haves

• At least three years of oncology experience is strongly preferred.
• Women’s health oncology experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ clinical status and develop, implement, modify, and evaluate individualized plans of care.
• Communicate with patients through daily telephone triage and Gateway messages.
• Triage symptom-management concerns and medical urgencies or emergencies, escalating to attending physicians or advanced practice providers and guiding patients to the appropriate level of care.
• Monitor patients at home for expected treatment-related toxicities and screen for unexpected toxicities or events.
• Coordinate home services, including visiting nursing, palliative care and hospice, home infusion, laboratory services, and monitoring.
• Coordinate and perform blood draws and routine central-line flushing, maintenance, and dressing changes.
• Coordinate, perform, and document injections and vaccinations according to protocol.
• Coordinate, perform, and document intravenous therapies in the practice and in collaboration with infusion units.
• Assist physicians and advanced practice providers with outpatient diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including bone marrow biopsies and lumbar punctures.
• Educate patients and families about diseases, treatment plans, medications, and home-care needs.
• Assist with disability and FMLA forms, advance directives, and pre-authorizations as needed.
• Assess psychosocial needs and coordinate follow-up with social services or psychology.
• Administer medications, monitor for reactions or side effects, and record medical information and vital signs.
• Maintain accurate and detailed records; monitor, document, and report symptoms or changes in patients’ conditions.
• Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Generous paid time off.
• Subsidized MBTA pass with a 50% discount.
• Resources for childcare and emergency backup care.
• Hospital-paid retirement plan and tax-sheltered annuity plan.
• Employee discounts on tickets and passes for ski resorts, museums, and sporting events.
• Career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums, bonuses as applicable, and recognition programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree