Registered Nurse

Baystate Health • Springfield, MA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Baystate Health is hiring a Registered Nurse for its Children and Adolescents Unit at Baystate Children’s Hospital in Springfield, Massachusetts. The unit provides specialized, family-centered care to patients from birth through age 21. Nurses collaborate with physicians, child life specialists, and other healthcare professionals to develop individualized care plans that address each patient’s developmental, physical, and emotional needs and foster a welcoming, comfortable environment for patients and families.

The Registered Nurse provides care in accordance with physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, spiritual, safety, and age-appropriate considerations. The nurse assumes responsibility and accountability for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the patient’s plan of care, and provides care directly and in collaboration with other healthcare team members. The nurse maintains current specialty-related technical knowledge and skills, complies with applicable regulatory and accrediting standards, and holds a current Massachusetts registered nurse license.

This is a full-time night-shift role, scheduled 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., with rotating weekends and holidays. The listed hourly compensation range is $41.82 to $66.30; actual pay depends on relevant experience, and new hires typically start in the lower part of the range.

Requirements

• Successfully pass the Board of Registration in Nursing Examination and hold a license to practice as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Current American Heart Association Health Care Provider Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Diploma in Nursing is listed as required.
• An Associate Degree in Nursing or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is listed in the job description.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide expected standards of care, accounting for patients’ physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, spiritual, safety, and age-appropriate needs.
• Assume responsibility for the patient’s plan of care and be accountable for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation decisions.
• Provide care directly to patients and in collaboration with other healthcare team members.
• Maintain current knowledge and skill with technical procedures defined by the nursing specialty organization.
• Comply with regulations and standards of regulatory and accrediting bodies.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, including local Health New England plans, depending on eligibility.
• Tuition assistance, continuing education units (CEUs), and professional development opportunities.
• Clinical advancement, leadership development, and internal career opportunities.
• Career options across Baystate Health hospitals, practices, and services throughout western Massachusetts.
• Paid time off for eligible employees.
• Shift differential.
• Weekend differential.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree