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 competencies for the role are overseen by a Nurse Leader in the department. The role applies the BIDMC Nursing Mission of caring with compassion, advancing nursing practice, and advocating for the health of patients, families, and communities. The nurse assesses health care needs, develops and evaluates care plans, makes nursing judgments, coordinates care, and directs assistive personnel. The position involves collaboration with other health professionals, communication with patients and families, patient advocacy, professional development, and accountability for safe nursing practice. The role requires care for specified age groups and involves physical work, including standing or moving for most of the shift.
Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited nursing program.
- Registered Nurse license.
- Basic Life Support certification; 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 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.
- Ability to follow precedents and procedures, organize work within general guidelines, and seek assistance in difficult or unpredictable situations.
- Ability to provide professional, respectful customer service and remain calm in stressful situations.
- Ability to exert up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and to stand or move around for most of the shift.
- Compliance with the employer’s influenza vaccination requirement.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a teaching hospital.
- Expertise in a specialty area.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct care to patients and make necessary nursing judgments.
- Systematically assess health care needs of individuals or groups and formulate, implement, and evaluate care plans.
- Integrate theoretical knowledge with practical experience to make decisions in patient care.
- Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to provide safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, patient-centered care.
- Consider environmental forces affecting the health care of patients and families.
- Identify resources needed to implement care plans.
- Collaborate with other health professionals to determine the health care needs of patients and families.
- Develop relationships with patients and families that communicate trust and respect.
- Communicate effectively when exchanging information.
- Act as a patient advocate.
- Maintain annual mandatory education requirements, including emergency skills and unit-based competencies.
- Identify continued growth and development needs with the unit-based educator or clinical nurse specialist.
- Participate in activities that support personal professional development.
- May participate in quality improvement activities.
- Demonstrate commitment to patients, staff, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, reflecting the Medical Center’s goals in nursing practice.
- Take responsibility and accountability for nursing practice and patient safety.
- Provide competent patient care to neonatal, young adult, middle-aged, and elderly patients.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
