Experienced Registered Nurse, 6 West PCU, Neurology Progressive Care Unit, 36 hours, Days

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking a Staff Registered Nurse in Tertiary Care at Lahey Clinic. The role provides safe, evidence-based patient care, with a focus on Swanson’s Caring Theory and teamwork. You’ll assess patients, develop care plans, educate families, and lead through evidence-based practice.

A minimum of 1 year RN experience and MA licensure required. Full-time, on-site. Join a mission-driven team delivering high-quality care and ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a state approved/accredited School of Nursing.
• Current license to practice professional nursing (Massachusetts).
• BLS certification (American Heart Association or American Red Cross).
• At least 1 year of RN experience, preferably inpatient.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, quality patient care with strong organizational skills.
• Develop culturally competent care plans addressing patient problems and outcomes.
• Perform systematic patient and family assessments.
• Deliver age-appropriate care and evaluate effectiveness of care.
• Communicate and collaborate with nurses, physicians and families as a partner in care.
• Lead and educate others, uphold nursing standards and ethics.

Skills

Clinical skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

RN experience

Education

Graduate of a state approved/accredited School of Nursing

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.

$10,000 SIGN-ON BONUS ELIGIBLE

Under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager/Tertiary Team Leader, the Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care practices within the Lahey Clinic Professional Practice Model, MA Nurse Practice Act, ANA Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics and demonstrates Lahey Clinic’s core values that reflect its Mission.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

I. Clinical Judgment and Decision Making

Ways in which nurses come to understand the problems, issues or concerns of patients/families, to attend to relevant/critical information, and to respond in concerned and involved ways.

• The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care is expected to and is accountable for providing safe patient care by demonstrating organizational skills that maintain and coordinate safe delivery of quality care for assigned patients/families.
• Develops a culturally competent plan of care that identifies patient problems, expected outcomes, and addresses preventative measures.
• Performs systematic patient and family assessment relevant to practice settings.
• Delivers care that is specific to the age of the patient.
• Evaluates effectiveness of care and adapts plan based on patient/family response.

II. Professional Relationship

The professional relationship is based upon Lahey Clinic’s guiding principles and positive effective communication. This relationship extends beyond formal assessment to integrate the particular patient’s response and his/her religious/spiritual, ethnic and cultural beliefs into the plan of care.

• Establishes professional relationship with nurses, physicians and other colleagues and patients and families.
• The relationship includes the patient and family as a partner in care and is based upon Swanson’s Theory of Caring.
• Educates the patient and family about the patient’s illness and treatment including preventative measures appropriate to the patient.
• Supports Lahey Clinics commitment to community based activities both within the Lahey community and beyond.

III. Clinical Leadership

The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care supports the development of others and creates a practice climate of responsiveness and learning based on Benner’s Novice to Expert skills acquisition model. This supports the retention and recruitment of clinically competent nurses. The ability to lead and influence the reasoning of colleagues in the patient’s best interest depends on skillful comportment, authoritative clinical knowledge and wisdom, the conviction to act as an ethical agent despite adverse consequences, and the ability to listen and enhance others’ strengths.

• Demonstrates professional behavior by adhering to unit policies and procedures, practice guidelines specific to the setting and the ANA Code of Ethics.
• Demonstrates skills as a responsive team member.
• Demonstrates role of nurse as teacher.
• Demonstrate ability to fulfil role in Regulatory compliance and readiness.

IV. Clinical Scholarship

The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care achieves clinical scholarship through experiences with patients, through collaboration with colleagues and leadership and through formal education. Learning is transformed into knowledge through self-reflection and analysis.

• Upholds standards of quality nursing care.
• Demonstrates a commitment to life long learning.
• Demonstrates evidenced based practice (EBP) in nursing.

Organizational Requirements

• Incorporates Lahey Clinic Guiding Principles, Mission Statement, and Goals into daily activities.
• Complies with all Lahey Clinic Policies.
• Complies with behavioral expectations of the department and Lahey Clinic.
• Maintains courteous and effective interactions with colleagues and patients.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment.
• Demonstrates a commitment toward meeting and exceeding the needs of our customers and consistently adheres to Customer Service standards.
• Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities.
• Participates in and successfully completes Mandatory Education.
• Performs all other duties as needed or directed to meet the needs of the department.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Graduate of a state approved and/or accredited School of Nursing
• Licensure, Certification, Registration:
  • Current license to practice professional nursing from the Massachusetts Board of Registration
  • BLS certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:
  • Clinical Skills/Technical Knowledge
    • Demonstrates the necessary clinical skills and technical knowledge to provide care for patients according to Nursing Policy and Procedures. See Skill Record.
    • Demonstrates the necessary clinical skills and knowledge to provide care for patients according to the unit-specific competencies. See Skill Record.
    • Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Experience: At least one full year of experience as a practicing Registered Nurse, preferably in an inpatient setting.

Pay Range

Pay Range: $37.00 - $95.37

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.

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