Registered Nurse - Cardiac Holding Area (Per Diem)
About The Position
The Clinical Nurse II provides direct nursing care to patients and families using the nursing process as the framework for professional practice. The nurse assesses health care needs, develops and implements care plans, evaluates outcomes, makes nursing judgments, and integrates theoretical knowledge with practical experience. The position is in the Cardiac Holding Area within BIDMC’s interventional cardiology service, which supports cardiac catheterization, electrophysiology, and other minimally invasive cardiac procedures. The nurse coordinates patient care with other health professionals and assistive personnel, advocates for patients, communicates effectively with patients and families, and supports safe, effective, equitable, timely, and patient-centered care. Training, evaluation, and competencies are overseen by a Nurse Leader. The nurse maintains required annual education and unit competencies, pursues professional development, and may participate in quality improvement activities. This role requires competence in care for neonatal, young adult, middle-aged, and elderly patients. It involves medium physical work, including standing or moving for most of the shift and exerting up to 50 pounds occasionally or 20 pounds frequently. The listed base hourly pay range is $38.00–$98.19. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires staff to be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
- Registered Nurse license.
- Basic Life Support certificate.
- 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 with medical center staff, patients, families, and external customers.
- Ability to provide care to neonatal patients (birth to 6 months), young adults (16–30 years), middle-aged patients (30–60 years), and elderly patients (60 years and older).
Nice To Haves
- Baccalaureate degree in Nursing is strongly preferred.
- Experience in a teaching hospital.
- Expertise in a specialty area.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care and make necessary nursing judgments.
- Systematically assess the health care needs of individuals or groups; formulate, implement, and evaluate care plans.
- Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to support safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, patient-centered care.
- Identify resources needed to implement plans of care and consider environmental forces affecting patients and families.
- Collaborate with other health professionals to determine the health care needs of patients and families.
- Build trusting and respectful relationships with patients and families, communicate effectively, and act as a patient advocate.
- Maintain annual mandatory education requirements, including emergency skills and unit-based competencies.
- Identify professional growth and development needs with the unit-based educator or clinical nurse specialist, and participate in professional development activities.
- May participate in quality improvement activities.
- Maintain accountability for nursing practice and patient safety, reflecting the goals of the Medical Center.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
