Registered Nurse Resident

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Exeter; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to join our team in a role that emphasizes patient‑centered care and collaboration. You will coordinate care with the unit team, ensure safe delivery of medications and IV therapy, and participate in comprehensive assessments on admission and during the stay.

As an organization, we value professional growth, adherence to standards, and effective patient and family education.

Qualifications

• Accredited RN program completed.
• RN license in NH or other Compact State.
• BCLS certification within 30 days.
• BSN preferred.

Responsibilities

• Practice standards: follow ANA standards, ensure safe medication and IV administration, document accurately.
• Assessment: perform comprehensive history and ongoing patient evaluation per policy.
• Prioritization/organization: manage assignment, adapt plans as needed.
• Planning/implementation: communicate handoffs, plan care with multidisciplinary input.
• Evaluation: review outcomes and adjust care plan accordingly.
• Patient/family education: identify needs and document responses.
• Professional growth: pursue education to advance clinical skills and role flexibility.

Skills

Nursing care

Patient assessment

Medication administration

Team coordination

Education

Accredited RN Program

BSN preferred

Tools

BCLS certified

Job description

When you join the growing BILH team, you’re not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Reporting to the Nurse Manager/Director of the unit, assimilates into professional role. Provides professional nursing care within assigned unit. Coordinates care planning with other disciplines.

$5,000 sign‑on bonus available for eligible hires. Bonus amounts for positions under 40 hours per week will be prorated. Per diem roles are not eligible.

Job Description:

Reporting to the Nurse Manager/Director of the unit, assimilates into professional role. Provides professional nursing care within assigned unit. Coordinates care planning with other disciplines.

Major Responsibilities:

a. 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, legible and adheres to departmental policy. Integrates policies and/or national practice guidelines into patient care planning to achieve desired patient care outcomes.

b. 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.

c. 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 reprioritizes 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. d. Planning/Implementation Communicates effectively during any patient handoff. 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.

e. Evaluation Evaluates and modifies the effectiveness of the plan of care based on mutually agreed upon outcomes and patient feedback.

f. 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.

g. 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.

Education
Accredited RN Program -

Years of Experience -
0 to 6 months

License and Certification
RN license - NH or other Compact State
BCLS certified - for selected nursing positions within 30 days

Additional Qualifications
BSN preferred

Pay Range:

$35.00 - $63.15

The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geographyof work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients’ lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled