Registered Nurse - Ambulatory Advanced Heart Failure

Beth Israel Lahey Health

2d•$37 - $96•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Heart Failure Clinical Nurse II provides direct nursing care to heart failure and heart transplant patients and their families in an office-based outpatient setting. Responsibilities include triaging patient calls, assessing patient data, providing patient education, and administering infusions. The nurse collaborates with physicians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and other multidisciplinary team members to deliver safe and effective care to a medically complex patient population. Patient support may also involve social work, palliative care, and inpatient hospital staff. The ambulatory clinic provides outpatient services including testing, imaging, and infusion center care. The Clinical Nurse II uses the nursing process to assess health care needs, develop and implement care plans, and evaluate outcomes. The role coordinates patient care, directs assistive personnel, communicates with patients and families and other health professionals, and advocates for patients. The nurse maintains required education and competencies, pursues professional development, and may participate in quality improvement activities. Training, evaluation, and competencies are overseen by a Nurse Leader.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
Registered Nurse license.
American Heart Association Basic Life Support certification.
1–3 years of related work experience.
Basic familiarity with computers and ability to navigate web-based applications at a basic level.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English.
Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families, and external customers.
Working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures, and policies, and ability to apply them in varied situations.
Ability to make decisions guided by general instructions and practices, address moderately complex problems, follow procedures, organize work within general guidelines, and seek assistance when needed.
Ability to provide professional, respectful, service-oriented customer service and remain calm in stressful situations.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a teaching hospital.
Expertise in a specialty area.

Responsibilities

Triage patient calls, assess patient data, provide patient education, and administer infusions to heart failure and heart transplant patients.
Assess the health care needs of individuals or groups and formulate, implement, and evaluate care plans.
Provide direct patient care and make appropriate nursing judgments by integrating theoretical knowledge with practical experience.
Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to support safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, and patient-centered care.
Identify resources needed to implement care plans and account for environmental forces affecting patients and families.
Collaborate with other health professionals to determine the health care needs of patients and families.
Develop trusting and respectful relationships with patients and families, communicate effectively, and act as a patient advocate.
Maintain annual mandatory education, emergency skills, and unit-based competencies.
Identify ongoing growth and development needs 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 the medical center.
Provide competent care to the age groups specified for the role: neonatal (birth to 6 months), young adult (16–30 years), middle age (30–60 years), and elderly (60 years and older).