Primary Nurse RN

NeighborHealth•Revere, MA

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

NeighborHealth, formerly East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, is a large community health center serving the greater Boston area with a commitment to patient and community health. Every role is vital in advancing medicine and delivering the best care experience. This full-time position is in the PACE Center department at 10 Garofalo Street, Revere PACE.

Requirements

Must be a Registered Nurse (RN).
Must complete a background check before beginning employment.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a community health center setting.
Experience with the PACE program.
Experience providing care in participant's homes.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the general oversight, assessment, planning, and construction of the nursing care delivered to the participant.
May delegate some direct care, data collection, and nursing assessment responsibilities to other nurses and nursing assistants but retains responsibility for ensuring interventions align with the participant’s care plan and medical provider orders.
Responsible for the delivery and documentation of quality patient care in accordance with departmental policies and procedures, and in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
Assess health status and symptoms of ESP participants and record related health data in the participant’s electronic medical record.
Collect health/symptom data from the participant and/or caregivers.
Navigate the medical record.
Analyze and interpret recorded data, and make informed judgments as to the specific elements of nursing care mandated by a particular situation.
Correlate new data and symptoms with existing medical records.
Determine indication for the appropriate response level utilizing consultation from other team members within established guidelines.
Plan and implement nursing intervention, including all appropriate elements of nurse care and prescribed medical or other therapeutic regimens mandated by a condition, other relevant conditions, scientific principles, recent advancements, and current knowledge in the field.
Review documentation to assure consistency with current planned regime.
Communicate with the patient’s provider and other relevant members of the IDT.
Educate the patient or HCP on test results and other findings, proposed changes to care plan, new treatment plans and/or other relevant health care information including the use of newly prescribed medications and/or changes in the current medication regime.
Dispense medication by mouth, nebulizer, IM, IV, and SC as ordered by an MD/NP/PA/DO or per protocol.
Provide and coordinate health teaching required by individuals, families, and groups to maintain the optimal possible level of health.
Educate on health maintenance, current health status, and changes in health status.
Evaluate outcomes of nursing interventions, and initiate change when appropriate.
Assess and reassess patients as needed.
Determine the need for and schedule nurse visits for ongoing nursing management.
During data collection and patient interviews, review the current plan of care to determine appropriateness and areas of weakness.
Communicate status of plan of care with other members of the health care team.
Collaborate, communicate, and cooperate as appropriate with other IDT members to ensure quality and continuity of care.
Report to other team members through documentation in the medical record a comprehensive integration of newly acquired information with the patient’s history and related changes in the nurse’s plan of care.
Report to other team members through morning meeting, primary care conference, and other ESP vehicles for communication about the needs of ESP participants.
Serve as a patient advocate, within the limits of the law.
Integrate the vital patient advocacy function into the nursing role in a continuous effort to encourage patient self-determination to the fullest degree possible through patient and family education and facilitation of a process whereby participants are encouraged to give voice to the concerns, questions, and preferences they may have regarding their care.
Utilize the information gathered in the role of advocate to inform other providers caring for the patient of special needs and concerns and ensure the appropriate systemic changes and care of plan modifications to the degree possible based on specific patient need.