When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.
Exeter Hospital, part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, is a nationally recognized, non-profit community hospital serving the Seacoast region since 1896. With more than 1,400 employees and 370 affiliated physicians, we provide advanced, patient-centered care across a wide range of specialties. Our collaborative culture empowers team members to grow, contribute, and make a meaningful impact every day.
Why Join Us?
- Magnet®-recognized for nursing excellence and quality care
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits starting on day one
- Career growth and development opportunities across Beth Israel Lahey Health
- Free onsite parking
- Supportive, team-oriented work environment
- Advanced technology and state-of-the-art facilities
- Scenic Seacoast location with easy access to Boston and Portland
Job Description:
Requirements:
RN license - N.H. state or any other compact state.
BCLS certified or within 30 days of hire; BSN strongly preferred
ACLS certified or within 1 year of hire
- Practice Standards
- Adheres to hospital policies, ANA standards of practice, and nursing code of ethics.
- Ensures safe, timely and accurate medication and IV administration and transcription.
- Successfully uses information technology.
- Documentation is accurate, timely, concise, and legible and adheres to departmental policy.
- Integrates policies and/or national practice guidelines into patient care planning to achieve desired patient care outcomes.
- Is an expert resource for content development of clinical practice (and therefore policy/procedure review or development).
- Mentoring/Teaching
- Precepts new employees - sets goals and assists the new employee in meeting those goals.
- Facilitates and encourages an environment for critical thinking.
- Makes 1-2 formal presentations (case study, new equipment in service, or education program) to peers at least annually.
- Assists in meeting the learning and professional development needs of others.
- Delegation
- Understands team members' roles and delegates tasks and responsibilities appropriate to the licensure, education, and experience of the staff.
- Assigns personnel appropriately; understands when follow-up is needed.
- Monitors and evaluates appropriate utilization of staff during assigned shift.
- Assessment
- Performs a physical assessment and elicits comprehensive patient history on admission appropriate to the setting and patient's condition utilizing accepted practice and documentation standards.
- Performs systematic, ongoing assessments as patient condition and unit standards warrant.
- Uses appropriate evidence-based assessment techniques and instruments in collecting pertinent data.
- Prioritization/Organization
- Prioritizes established patient care problems and needs.
- Makes clinical decisions independently, collaboratively, manages one's own assignment.
- Manages own assignment while balancing efficiency and cost.
- Recognizes own limitations and seeks collaboration/assistance when needed.
- Modifies plans and re-prioritizes work quickly to handle the unexpected.
- Manages multiple demands in prioritizing the patient care needs of an entire unit/dept.
- Adapts routine protocols and resources to demonstrate effective clinical decision making, in situations that are less than predictable.
- Planning/Implementation
- Communicates effectively during any patient hand-off.
- Identifies and anticipates patient care needs and initiates the plan of care based upon actual or potential health risks or problems to attain mutually agreed upon outcomes.
- Identifies patient priorities and discharge planning needs by utilizing assessment, 'best practice' standards, multidisciplinary team and patient input.
- Evaluation
- Evaluates and modifies the effectiveness of the plan of care based on mutually agreed upon outcomes and patient feedback
- Patient/Family Education
- Identifies patient education needs and collaborates with other health care professionals to provide appropriate learning opportunities.
- Documents patient education, interventions and patient's response in a clear and concise manner.
- Develop formal patient education materials independently.
- Develops/participates in community education programs or screenings.
- Professional Growth and Development
- Seeks formal education to maintain and advance clinical and professional skills and knowledge.
- Seeks assignments that challenge and stretch their ability.
- Anticipates the need for and acquires new skills/training.
- Able to work in more than one specialty area/unit/environment.
- Is an active member of a professional organization and shares organizational information with their home department.
- Maintains certification in specialty area.
Pay Range:
$0.00 - $0.00
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith ex