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

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Boston, MA

About The Position

The Registered Nurse supports the Neuromuscular provider group in an ambulatory neurology setting. The position is full time at 32 hours per week, worked as four 8-hour shifts, with no nights, weekends, or major holidays. The role focuses heavily on triage support and also includes some direct patient care, including during ALS clinic days, and care coordination. The nurse uses the nursing process to provide direct care to patients and families, assess healthcare needs, formulate and evaluate care plans, coordinate care, and make nursing judgments. The role involves collaborating with other health professionals, communicating effectively, advocating for patients, maintaining trust and respect with patients and families, and taking accountability for nursing practice and patient safety. The nurse maintains required annual education and competencies, pursues professional development, and may participate in quality improvement activities. The position requires regular close, hands-on contact with patients and potential exposure to infectious diseases and airborne or bloodborne pathogens. The work involves sustained concentration, adapting to changing circumstances, and substantial physical activity, including constant walking and standing, bending, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, and lifting. The employee may need to exert up to 50 pounds of force and reposition patients with or without assistance.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
1–3 years of related work experience.
Registered Nurse license.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support certificate.
Ability to provide patient care to neonatal patients from birth to 6 months and patients in the young adult, middle-age, and elderly age groups.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English and to comprehend and converse in English.
Ability to make decisions using general instructions and practices, analyze varied problems, follow precedents and procedures, organize work, and seek assistance in difficult or unpredictable situations.
Working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures, and policies.
Ability to provide professional, respectful customer service, use active listening and problem-solving skills, and remain calm in stressful situations.
Ability to meet the role's physical demands, including constant walking, periods of standing, bending, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, and repositioning patients.
Ability to work with close attention for extended periods and respond to changing circumstances.

Nice To Haves

Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide direct nursing care to patients and families and make necessary nursing judgments.
Systematically assess the healthcare needs of individuals or groups and formulate, implement, and evaluate care plans.
Integrate theoretical knowledge and practical experience when making 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 care plans.
Collaborate with other health professionals to determine the healthcare needs of patients and families.
Develop relationships with patients and families that maintain and communicate trust and respect.
Communicate effectively and act as a patient advocate.
Maintain annual mandatory education requirements, including emergency skills and unit-based competencies.
Identify needs for continued growth and development with the unit-based educator or clinical nurse specialist.
Participate in activities that contribute to professional development and may participate in quality improvement activities.
Demonstrate accountability for nursing practice and patient safety, and commitment to patients, staff, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Provide triage support, some direct patient care including during ALS clinic days, and care coordination for the Neuromuscular provider group.