Vascular Access RN

Brigham and Women's Hospital • Boston, MA

342d

About The Position

At Mass General Brigham, we know it takes a surprising range of talented professionals to advance our mission-from doctors, nurses, business people and tech experts, to dedicated researchers and systems analysts. As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe a diverse set of backgrounds and lived experiences makes us stronger by challenging our assumptions with new perspectives that can drive revolutionary discoveries in medical innovations in research and patient care. Therefore, we invite and welcome applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in healthcare - people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ community, and/or gender expansive, first and second-generation immigrants, veterans, and people from different socioeconomic backgrounds - to apply.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree Nursing required or Bachelor's Degree Nursing preferred.
• Registered Nurse [RN - State License] - Massachusetts- VA-BC or CRNI preferred.
• Clinical nursing experience 1-3 year required.
• Familiarity with the principles and skills needed for practical nursing to provide patient care and treatment.
• Knowledgeable of the care required by respective age groups for which care is being provided.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and secure sensitive information.
• Knowledge of medical terminology.
• Excellent verbal and communication skills.
• Ability to accurately screen and triage acute patients.

Responsibilities

• Supports independent nursing practice of professional nurses through collaborative, consultative, and role modeling activities.
• Analyzes clinical and non-clinical variables to influence, supervise, manage, or oversee patient care needs and predict and manage responses.
• Provides expert consultation within their specialty area at the unit, program, service, administrative, and community level(s) including, but not limited to, the Boston practices, networks, and satellites.
• Identifies current trends in health care and their implication for nursing practice.
• Promotes the attainment of the goals of the patient/family plan of care.
• Applies new technology, nursing theories, research findings and experiential knowledge to improve patient/family health care outcomes and to assist in the development of nursing practice as applicable.
• Responds to change in clinical practice by planning, designing, implementing, and evaluating guidelines, protocols and standards in collaboration with clinicians and other members of the health care team.
• Identifies and recommends interventions regarding ethical issues in patient/family care and guides staff and other providers in application of ethical concepts to address patient care issues.
• Applies innovative approaches to solving complex problems.
• Acts as a content resource to colleagues, patient/families, and others as identified.
• Analyzes and evaluates the effectiveness of the consultative process.
• Provides direct patient care as applicable.
• Initiates, facilitates, coordinates, and manages interdisciplinary collaboration for the purposes providing direct care of the patient and family.
• Participates in the attainment of the goals of the patient and family.
• Plans and delivers relevant staff and patient education to nurses and other members of the health care team on matters regarding plan of care of the patient and family.
• Identifies learning needs and develops and implements programs for patient education within the area of specialization.
• Supports, participates, and contributes to educational programs for clinical and support staff both locally and across the larger organization.
• Facilitates the acquisition of advanced clinical skills in staff nurses and students through role modeling, practice, and consultation in the clinical setting.
• Actively participates in research and evidence-based practice activities that will positively affect patient care and patient care outcomes.
• Uses nursing theories, research findings and evidence-based practice to plan, design, evaluate nursing practice and to generate researchable clinical problems.
• Promotes staff and student utilization of the research process.
• Participates in and supports research.
• Utilizes scientific method in collecting data on clinical practice issues.
• Initiates, participates in and continually evaluates quality assurance and performance improvement activities for evaluation of structure, process and outcome criteria as it relates to clinical practice.
• Identifies improvement opportunities, designs and plans programs for improvement and implements programs in the clinical environment.
• Demonstrates accountability for ongoing personal/professional development.
• Maintains and updates clinical knowledge and skills based on current nursing and health care practices.
• Identifies own learning needs and goals and designs a plan to meet them.
• Takes responsibilities for leadership and participation on committees and task forces of the Department of Nursing, MGH at large, and across MGB.
• Participates in activities that foster peer support and networking.
• Fulfills professional role through involvement in professional organization activities, presentations, and publications.

Benefits

• Opportunities for growth and development.
• Supportive nursing leadership.
• Competitive pay and excellent benefits.
• Continuing education called 'Teaching Tuesdays'.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees