Registered Nurse, Ambulatory OB/GYN, Per Diem

Boston Medical Center•Boston, MA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The registered nurse adheres to the rules and regulations of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. The role is primarily responsible for professional performance and direct patient care, encompassing nursing assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, evaluation, and coordination of care for patients and their families across the health care continuum. The registered nurse is accountable for clinical, educational, quality, and fiscal patient care outcomes using the model of care designed by the nursing department and in accordance with established agency policies, procedures, protocols, guidelines, and standards of practice.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with an Associate’s degree or Baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN).
BSN preferred.
Candidates who do not have a BSN must enroll in a Baccalaureate program one year from date of hire and must complete their BSN by the end of the semester in which the four-year anniversary of employment at BMC occurs.
Registration and current RN licensure in the state of MA in good standing required by start date.
Requires current basic life support (BLS) certification by start date.
ACLS required prior to start date.
Fetal Monitoring certification by start date.
Must have current (within last 2 years) experience: Outpatient/Ambulatory OB/GYN experience.
Antenatal Testing/NST/Fetal Monitoring experience required.
Basic computer proficiency inclusive of ability to access, enters, and interpret computerized data/information.
Effective interpersonal skills to facilitate communication with various members of the health care team, patients, and families.
Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.
Effective verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the patient populations served.
Physical ability to meet the core job responsibilities in accordance with practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.
Ability to effectively manage stress due to critical issues related to patient care, changing organizational climate and personnel issues.

Nice To Haves

Epic documentation experience preferred.
GYN Procedure, GYN Oncology, Uro Gynecology, High Risk Obstetrics and Infertility experience preferred.
Labor & Delivery experience preferred.
Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) in languages appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center preferred.
Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement research utilization projects.

Responsibilities

Consistently and effectively utilizes all steps of the nursing process in the provision of timely, safe, efficient, and appropriate patient-centered care.
Assesses the patient and family in a systematic and ongoing manner for both overt and covert signs and symptoms in accordance with the standards of clinical nursing practice.
Collects pertinent data using appropriate assessment techniques and prioritizes data according to the patient’s immediate condition or needs.
Involves the patient, family/significant others, and appropriate health care providers in the collection of data when appropriate.
Uses clear, concise, and effective written/oral communication and complies with departmental policies when sharing/documenting relevant patient care data.
Identifies emergency/crisis situations, communicates them in a timely manner to appropriate health care team members, and responds appropriately when needed.
Analyzes assessment data to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses, demonstrating critical thinking skills and deriving and documenting appropriate diagnoses from patient and family assessment data.
Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient, deriving and documenting realistic, appropriate clinical and educational patient-centered outcomes consistent with patient’s diagnoses, capabilities, and expectations.
Develops outcomes as measurable goals which include a time estimate for attainment and provides direction for continuity of care.
Mutually formulates outcomes with the patient, significant others, and health care team when appropriate.
Develops a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes, reflecting the patient’s condition, prioritizing needs, and providing for continuity of care.
Develops the plan with the client, significant others, and appropriate health care providers, reflecting current nursing practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols, and guidelines.
Develops a plan reflective of effective use of available resources and appropriate internal/external referrals to provide comprehensive care to patients and families.
Implements interventions identified in the nursing and medical plan of care, prioritizing patient care interventions based on fluctuating patient and unit needs.
Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age groups of patients regularly served, consulting appropriate resources when patients outside regularly served age populations are present.
Effectively delegates appropriate patient care activities to co-workers with appropriate knowledge and skill level and ensures that co-workers have completed the delegated tasks in a timely manner.
Provides for a safe, clean unit environment through use of appropriate risk management practices, e.g., labeling and removing broken/expired equipment/materials from service.
Demonstrates safe technical competence based on patient needs, including but not limited to direct care skills, e.g., phlebotomy, IV insertion, etc., informatics, and equipment monitoring/utilization.
Implements patient care interventions/treatments and administers medications in accordance with established practice standards, policies, and protocols.
Educates patient and family regarding current illness, procedures, treatments, plan of care, as well as health maintenance, promotion, and illness/injury prevention.
In emergency/crisis situations, demonstrates effective decision-making in accordance with standards of clinical nursing practice, re-prioritizes patient care needs, initiates appropriate response actions, and directs other team members to ensure a complete and coordinated response.
Documents interventions according to departmental policy.
Evaluates the patient’s progress toward the attainment of clinical and educational outcomes.
Conducts systematic and ongoing patient reassessments and evaluations.
Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions in relation to desired outcomes and includes the patient, significant others, and appropriate health care providers in the evaluation process as needed.
Demonstrates use of critical thinking skills through the incorporation of ongoing assessment data in the revision of diagnoses, outcomes, and the plan of care.
Provides follow-up care in person via home visits and via telephone when needed and when appropriate.
Documents patient’s response to interventions as well as revisions in diagnoses, outcomes, and plan of care according to departmental policy.