Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Neurology, Neuromuscular Group (Full Time)

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

3d•$38 - $98

About The Position

The Registered Nurse supports the Neuromuscular provider group within Ambulatory Neurology. The role focuses heavily on triage support and also includes direct patient care, including care during ALS clinic days, and care coordination. The nurse uses the nursing process as the framework for professional practice and provides direct nursing care to patients and families. The nurse assesses health care needs, develops and implements care plans, evaluates outcomes, makes nursing judgments, coordinates care, and directs assistive personnel. The role involves collaboration with other health professionals, effective communication with patients and families, patient advocacy, and responsibility for safe, accountable nursing practice. The nurse maintains required education and competencies, pursues professional development, and may participate in quality improvement activities. This is a full-time position of 32 hours per week, arranged as four 8-hour shifts. The schedule has no nights, weekends, or major holidays. The position requires a current Registered Nurse license and American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification. A graduate of an accredited nursing program is required, a bachelor's degree in nursing is strongly preferred, and 1–3 years of related work experience is required. The role includes day-to-day close contact with patients and potential exposure to infectious diseases and airborne or bloodborne pathogens. Protective equipment is required. Physical demands include frequent standing and constant walking, lifting or carrying up to 50 pounds, and assisting with repositioning patients. The stated base hourly pay range is $38.00–$98.19. Staff must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
1–3 years of related work experience.
Registered Nurse license required.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support certificate required.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English.
Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate with staff, patients, families, and external customers.
Ability to provide patient care to neonatal patients from birth to 6 months, young adults aged 16–30, middle-aged adults aged 30–60, and elderly patients aged 60 and over.
Ability to meet the role's physical requirements, including standing and moving for most of the shift, constant walking, and lifting or carrying items weighing up to 50 pounds.
Ability to work with required protective equipment and potential exposure to infectious diseases and airborne or bloodborne pathogens.
Must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

Baccalaureate degree in Nursing strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct nursing care to patients and families and make necessary nursing judgments.
Systematically assess the health care needs of individuals or groups; formulate, implement, and evaluate care plans.
Integrate theoretical knowledge and practical experience to make decisions about patient care.
Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to support safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, patient-centered care.
Identify resources needed to implement plans of care and consider environmental influences on patients' and families' health care.
Collaborate with other health professionals to determine patient and family health care needs.
Develop trusting, respectful relationships with patients and families; communicate effectively and act as a patient advocate.
Maintain annual mandatory education requirements, including emergency skills and unit-based competencies.
Identify continued growth and development needs with the unit-based educator or clinical nurse specialist and participate in professional development.
May participate in quality improvement activities.
Demonstrate responsibility and accountability for nursing practice and patient safety.
Provide triage support, care coordination, and some direct patient care, including during ALS clinic days.