Registered Nurse -Resource Team

Mass General Brigham • Belmont, MA

3d • $35 - $72 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse on McLean Hospital’s Resource Team provides immediate and long-term nursing care to patients using the nursing process and following department, hospital, and regulatory standards. The team supports all 10 inpatient units and the Clinical Evaluation Center in response to real-time staffing needs. Nurses adapt to different patient populations, clinical settings, and unit protocols while helping ensure continuity of care. The position requires patient care and is per diem, onsite, and scheduled for rotating shifts.

Requirements

• Certificate or diploma in nursing required; a bachelor’s degree in nursing is preferred.
• Registered Nurse state license required.
• No experience required.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to use the nursing process and work collaboratively.
• Experience cannot substitute for the required education.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• One year of medical/psychiatric experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ needs using multiple data sources to identify actual and potential health problems, functional status, and patient strengths through a recovery-oriented framework.
• Perform point-of-care testing and communicate findings and patients’ clinical status to healthcare team members, including during team rounds and shift-change reports.
• Plan, provide, individualize, and evaluate nursing interventions; modify nursing care plans and protocols as appropriate.
• Participate in developing multidisciplinary treatment plans and prioritize patient care needs.
• Partner with patients and families to support recovery goals and establish therapeutic alliances with assigned patients.
• Administer medications safely, accurately, and on time using BMV scanning, and review physician orders promptly.
• Identify behaviors that may lead to a crisis and use verbal and non-verbal de-escalation techniques; promote least-restrictive, recovery-oriented interventions.
• Lead or participate in patient groups and take a leadership role in organizing and providing patient care.
• Provide direction and supervision to MHSs, delegate care interventions, anticipate acute milieu problems, and assign staff appropriately.
• Assume a leadership role during medical and psychiatric emergencies and promote or provide post-event critical incident debriefing.
• Participate in training and education for RNs, MHSs, and other healthcare providers.
• Teach patients and significant others about health needs and recovery goals, document teaching, and inform the treatment team of learning needs.
• Maintain professional competence, complete mandatory in-service requirements, seek feedback, and identify professional development needs with a supervisor.
• Communicate effectively and courteously, maintain patient privacy and confidentiality, and present oneself professionally.
• Contribute to hospital, department, and unit productivity and cost-effectiveness through effective time and supply management.
• Notify the shift coordinator or charge nurse of availability for additional assignments.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Differentials, premiums, and bonuses as applicable.
• Recognition programs.
• Comprehensive benefits are mentioned, but specific benefit types are not listed.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree