Registered Nurse - Per Diem
About The Position
Since 1985, BHCHP’s mission has been to ensure unconditionally equitable and dignified access to the highest quality health care for all individuals and families experiencing homelessness in greater Boston. Over 12,000 homeless individuals are cared for by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program each year. We are committed to ensuring that every one of these individuals has access to comprehensive health care, from preventative dental care to cancer treatment. Our clinicians, case managers, and behavioral health professionals work in more than 60 locations to serve some of our community’s most vulnerable—and most resilient—citizens. From our earliest days as a program, we have always sought to do work that is transformational: recognizing our shared humanity; centering dignity, compassion, mutual respect and supporting the right of every individual to access the highest levels of health care and every staff member to reach their fullest potential. We continue to be committed to building bridges and breaking down barriers, including systemic racism which harms us all. We provide community-based health care services that are compassionate, dignified, and culturally appropriate, incorporating social determinants of health, with the goal of breaking down the physical and systemic barriers that our patients face.
Requirements
- Registered Nurse: current Massachusetts RN license required
- 1 year pediatric nursing experience required
- Proven ability to be self-motivated and self-directed
Nice To Haves
- 3 years pediatric nursing experience strongly preferred
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive nursing care and education to patients and their families with a variety of health care needs including well child care, chronic health conditions, urgent and sick care, developmental concerns, and complex family and social dynamics
- Work as a member of a multidisciplinary team planning care to address all health-related issues for families and youth experiencing homelessness
- Utilize written and standing orders to provide direct patient care, in accordance with BHCHP Policies
- Administer vaccines through Vaccines for Children’s program, in accordance with written and standing orders, and CDC/MDPH Immunization Guidelines.
- Monitor the patients’ ability to follow care/case management plan. Provide assistance in addressing barriers to accessing care including, but not limited to access to transportation, childcare, language interpretation
- Evaluate effectiveness of interventions in collaborations with the patients and appropriate staff members
- Provide health education to individual patients and families, focusing on health promotion and disease prevention
- Participate in weekly Family Team meetings and other meetings as required
Benefits
- Per diem employees have the flexibility to control their work schedule
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
