Staff Nurse RN PT Float

Hebrew SeniorLife•Boston, MA

19d•$38 - $55•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) uses the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to provide quality nursing care and maximize patients’ quality of life. As an integral member of the clinical support team, the RN collaborates with multidisciplinary colleagues to meet patients’ clinical needs and monitor care outcomes. The RN supports culture change initiatives, serves as a role model and mentor, and demonstrates a strong commitment to Hebrew SeniorLife’s philosophy and mission. The role respects each patient’s dignity and choices and contributes to the units’ activities, work, and social environment, seeking to make patient encounters positive and meaningful while providing safe, efficient, high-quality care. The RN practices in a primary nursing model and is accountable for assigned patients, individualized care plans, appropriate electronic medical record documentation, and safe professional nursing practice. The position includes collaboration in care planning, delegation and supervision of clinical care, participation in quality and performance improvement activities, and support for staff development. The RN may be assigned charge nurse responsibilities, including clinical oversight of a unit during a shift, delegation, reporting, and coordination of admissions and discharges.

Requirements

Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
Current Massachusetts RN license in good standing.
Current BLS certification.
Understand and support the HRC philosophy and model of care.
Professional, proactive, collaborative, conscientious, and results-oriented approach.
Positive demeanor, excellent oral and written communication, good intuition, adaptability to changing priorities, sound judgment, and a sense of humor.
Strong organizational and analytical skills; able to manage competing work, multitask, reprioritize, and handle difficult situations.
Ability to innovate and think strategically and conceptually, and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Motivation to learn and flexibility to change.
Computer literacy.
Excellent written and verbal English-language skills.

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.
Previous experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Deliver care within the scope and established standards of safe professional nursing practice and HSL core competencies.
Collaborate with the clinical support team, including physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, social workers, therapists, and dieticians, to meet patient needs and monitor outcomes.
Follow best-practice recommendations and implement evidence-based interventions.
Practice in a primary nursing model and maintain accountability for assigned patients.
Participate in care planning and support patient autonomy and individual choice.
Ensure adherence to the plan of care, revising it as needed to reflect each patient’s needs.
Document appropriately in the electronic medical record.
Identify and obtain resources needed to provide safe and effective care.
Delegate and supervise clinical care delivered by licensed practical nurses and nursing assistants.
Take accountability for personal learning needs and professional development.
Use critical thinking to resolve problems and role-model professional behavior.
Participate in shared governance, committees, development of new work processes and systems, and performance improvement projects.
Serve as a resource, coach, and mentor to staff, including elder assistants, PCAs, and LPNs.
Identify and respond to safety concerns on the unit and neighborhood.
Maintain compliance with policies, procedures, practice standards, and regulatory matters.
Participate in quality-data collection and monitoring to support high standards of care.
Participate in and assist with unit activities, such as serving meals.
Complete special projects and other duties consistent with the position’s level.
May serve as charge nurse, providing shift report and clinical or supervisory oversight, delegating assignments, initiating required reports, coordinating admissions and discharges, attending rounds, and overseeing LPN assessments as assigned.
When acting as charge nurse, may develop patient-care assignments, create schedules, contribute to performance evaluations, and educate staff on HSL policies and procedures.