Experienced Registered Nurse, Medical ICU, 36 hours, Day/Night Rotation
About The Position
Lahey is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for its 12-bed Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU). The unit cares primarily for medical patients requiring ventilatory support and ECG monitoring. Patients may also need hemodynamic monitoring, intracranial pressure monitoring, and/or CVVH. The patient population includes people receiving TPA for stroke and patients with hepatic-renal failure, ranging from young adults to geriatric patients. Nurses work with the pulmonary team and support patients, families, and colleagues. Services may include Pulmonary/Critical Care, Cardiac, Neurology, Infectious Disease, GI/Liver transplant, Nephrology, and Hematology. The Registered Nurse provides safe, individualized, age-specific care; assesses patients and families; develops and adapts plans of care; and evaluates outcomes. The role includes educating patients and families, collaborating with colleagues, contributing to a responsive and learning-oriented clinical environment, upholding nursing standards and evidence-based practice, and participating in quality improvement and mandatory education. Staff are expected to comply with Lahey policies, behavioral expectations, customer service standards, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Requirements
- Graduate of a state-approved and/or accredited School of Nursing.
- Current license to practice professional nursing from the Massachusetts Board of Registration.
- American Heart Association BLS certification.
- Clinical skills and technical knowledge to provide care according to Nursing Policies and Procedures and unit-specific competencies.
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
- The posting describes the opening as seeking experienced and qualified nurses, but its listed experience minimum is none.
Nice To Haves
- BSN preferred.
- American Heart Association ACLS strongly preferred.
- Critical Care experience strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide safe, organized, coordinated, high-quality care for assigned patients and families.
- Develop culturally competent plans of care identifying patient problems, expected outcomes, and preventative measures.
- Perform systematic patient and family assessments relevant to the practice setting.
- Deliver care specific to the patient's age.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of care and adapt the plan based on patient and family response.
- Establish professional relationships with patients, families, nurses, physicians, and other colleagues, incorporating patient and family partnership and relevant religious, spiritual, ethnic, and cultural beliefs into care.
- Educate patients and families about illness, treatment, and appropriate preventative measures.
- Support Lahey's community-based activities.
- Adhere to unit policies, procedures, setting-specific practice guidelines, and the ANA Code of Ethics.
- Work responsively as a team member and fulfill the nurse's role as teacher.
- Contribute to regulatory compliance and readiness.
- Uphold quality nursing care standards, pursue lifelong learning, and demonstrate evidence-based nursing practice.
- Incorporate Lahey Clinic's guiding principles, mission, and goals into daily activities and comply with its policies and departmental behavioral expectations.
- Maintain courteous and effective interactions with colleagues and patients and adhere to customer service standards.
- Participate in departmental and interdepartmental quality improvement activities and complete mandatory education.
- Perform other duties as needed or directed to meet departmental needs.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
