Infusion Nurse Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Registered Nurse license.
• Basic Life Support certificate; 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 provide patient care to neonatal patients (birth to 6 months), young adults (16–30 years), middle-aged adults (30–60 years), and elderly patients (60 years and older).
• Ability to perform medium physical work: exert up to 50 pounds occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently, and stand or move around for most of the shift.
• Must be vaccinated against influenza as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a teaching hospital.
• Expertise in a specialty area.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and make necessary nursing judgments.
• Systematically assess the healthcare needs of individuals or groups; formulate, implement, and evaluate care plans.
• Integrate theoretical knowledge with practical experience to make nursing decisions.
• Coordinate patient care and direct assistive personnel to support safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely, patient-centered care.
• Recognize environmental factors affecting patients and families and identify resources needed to implement care plans.
• Collaborate with other health professionals to determine the healthcare needs of patients and families.
• Build relationships with patients and families that maintain and communicate trust and respect.
• Communicate effectively and act as a patient advocate.
• Maintain annual mandatory education requirements, including emergency skills and unit-based competencies.
• Identify ongoing growth and development needs with the unit-based educator or clinical nurse specialist, and participate in professional development.
• May participate in quality improvement activities.
• Demonstrate accountability for nursing practice and patient safety, and commitment to patients, staff, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.