Russian-Speaking Hospice Nurse with $5000 Sign-On Bonus
About The Position
Good Shepherd Community Care seeks a full-time Russian-speaking Registered Nurse to join its expanding multicultural clinical team. The organization provides hospice and palliative care in patients’ private homes and residential facilities throughout Greater Boston and parts of MetroWest. Local travel is required. The position is based at the Main Office in Newton, Massachusetts, and offers a $5,000 sign-on bonus. The nurse is responsible for patients’ comprehensive plans of care, working with the interdisciplinary team and other health care providers and facilities to coordinate care. The role includes assessing patients’ activities of daily living, functional, psychological, and environmental needs; implementing and monitoring care, including discomfort management and symptom relief; and consulting with and educating patients, families, and community health care professionals about hospice care, terminal disease, self-care techniques, and end-of-life processes. The schedule is 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Comprehensive role-specific training is provided. Good Shepherd Community Care is an independent, not-for-profit, non-sectarian hospice and palliative care organization founded in 1978. It describes its workplace as collaborative and its Newton office as welcoming, accessible to I-95, and equipped with on-site parking.
Requirements
- Licensed Registered Nurse in the State of Massachusetts.
- Fluent in Russian.
- Sensitivity to and understanding of end-of-life issues.
- Demonstrated assessment skills for pain management and symptom control.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Exceptional communication skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in community health, hospice, oncology, or a related field is preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage patients’ comprehensive plans of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team and other health care providers and facilities.
- Assess patients’ activities of daily living, functional, psychological, and environmental needs.
- Implement and monitor patient care, including managing discomfort and providing symptom relief.
- Consult with and educate patients, families, and community health care professionals about hospice care, terminal disease, self-care techniques, and end-of-life processes.
Benefits
- $5,000 sign-on bonus.
- Competitive salary.
- Four weeks of paid time off in the first year, increasing with tenure.
- 12 paid holidays.
- Health insurance, with coverage beginning on the start date.
- Dental insurance, with coverage beginning on the start date.
- Vision insurance, with coverage beginning on the start date.
- Life insurance.
- 403(b) plan with company match.
- Flexible Spending Account.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Reduced tuition rates through a partnership with Regis College.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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