Chemo infusion Registered Nurse, Needham, 32 Hours
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse II uses the nursing process as the framework for professional registered nursing practice and provides direct nursing care to patients and families in an office-based setting. Training, evaluation, and role competencies are overseen by a Nurse Leader in the department. The role includes assessing healthcare needs, planning and delivering care, coordinating with other professionals, and advocating for patients and families. The position requires annual mandatory education, including emergency skills and unit-based competencies, and participation in professional development; the nurse may also participate in quality improvement activities. The role requires care for patients across specified age groups, from neonatal patients through elderly patients. It involves medium physical work, including standing or moving for most of the shift and exerting up to 50 pounds occasionally or up to 20 pounds frequently. Staff must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Registered Nurse license.
- Basic Life Support certificate; American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification is specified.
- 1–3 years of related work experience.
- Basic familiarity with computers and ability to navigate web-based applications at a basic level.
- Ability to provide patient care to neonatal patients (birth to 6 months), young adults (16–30 years), middle-aged adults (30–60 years), and elderly patients (60 years and older).
- Ability to perform medium physical work: exert up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and stand or move around for most of the shift.
- Must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a teaching hospital.
- Expertise in a specialty area.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care and make necessary nursing judgments.
- Systematically assess the healthcare needs of individuals or groups; formulate, implement, and evaluate care plans.
- Integrate theoretical knowledge with practical experience to make nursing decisions.
- Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to support safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, patient-centered care.
- Recognize environmental factors affecting patients and families and identify resources needed to implement care plans.
- Collaborate with other health professionals to determine the healthcare needs of patients and families.
- Build 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 ongoing 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 accountability for nursing practice and patient safety, and commitment to patients, staff, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
