Nurse Residency- Reisman 12- Surgery- 36hr Rotating

Beth Israel Lahey Health; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Beth Israel Lahey Health is seeking a Clinical Nurse I for Reisman 12, an inpatient surgical unit caring for Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, ENT, Breast, and Colorectal surgery patients. The role supports a mission of compassionate, high-quality care.

You will participate in the Transition to Practice: Nurse Residency Program, a 12-month curriculum blending classroom seminars with hands-on precepted experiences to develop your clinical skills and confidence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing is required.
• Registered Nurse license is required.
• American Heart Association Basic Life Support certificate is required.
• 0-1 years related work experience required.
• Basic familiarity with computers; ability to navigate basic web-based applications.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct care to patients and makes nursing judgments; assesses health care needs and formulates, implements and evaluates a care plan.
• Coordinates patient care and directs assistive personnel to ensure safe, effective, timely, patient-centered care.
• Develops collaborative relationships with other health professionals and communicates effectively with patients and families.
• Maintains annual mandatory education requirements and seeks growth opportunities with unit educator or clinical nurse specialist.
• Demonstrates commitment to patients, staff, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; upholds patient safety and professional practice.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Tools

Basic computer skills

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.

Reisman 12 is an inpatient surgical unit caring for Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery, ENT Surgery, Breast Surgery, and Colorectal surgery patients. We pride ourselves in providing the highest level of care possible and a great work environment.

The BIDMC Nursing Mission is to build on a legacy of nursing excellence by caring with compassion, advancing the art & science of nursing, and advocating for the health of patients, families, and communities. The Clinical Nurse I utilizes the nursing process as the frame of reference for practice as a professional registered nurse and provides direct patient care to patients and families. This is an entry-level nursing position for new graduate nurses. Training, evaluation and competencies for this role are overseen by a Nurse Leader to the department.

As a Clinical Nurse I, you will automatically enroll in our Transition to Practice: Nurse Residency Program. This program consists of a 12-month curriculum designed to complement and enhance your unit-based, precepted clinical orientation. Together, these elements empower newly licensed nurses to successfully transition into clinical practice, using a structured, evidence-based approach. The curriculum is a blend of monthly seminars in a classroom setting and hands-on precepted work experiences. The monthly seminar sessions are presented by expert facilitators that will help you develop critical thinking skills and hone your clinical competence. Didactic presentations are blended with opportunities for you to reflect on your clinical experiences and receive feedback and guidance as you chart your professional growth.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

• Provides direct care to patients and makes necessary nursing judgments. Responsible for systematically assessing the health care needs of individuals or groups and for the formulation of a care plan, its implementation and evaluation. Demonstrates the ability for decision making by integrating theoretical knowledge with practical experience in caring for patients.
• Coordinates the care of patients and directs assistive personnel in order to provide safe, effective, efficient, equitable and timely, patient-centered care. Demonstrates initial awareness of environmental forces on health care of patients and their families. .
• Develops a collegial and collaborative relationship with other health professionals to determine healthcare needs of patients and families. Learns to develop relationships with patients and families that maintain and communicate trust and respect. Communicates effectively in the exchange of information. Begins to demonstrate the ability to act as a patient advocate
• Maintains annual mandatory education requirements, which include emergency skills and unit based competencies. Identifies needs for continued growth and development in conjunction with the unit based educator or clinical nurse specialist.
• Demonstrates a commitment to patients, staff, and to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. The individual nursing practice reflects the goals of the Medical Center. Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own nursing practice and patient safety

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required.
• License Registered Nurse required., and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
• 0-1 years related work experience required.
• American Heart Association - Basic Life Support Certificate
• Basic familiarity with computers. Ability to navigate at a basic level within web-based applications.

Competencies:

• Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
• Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
• Independence of Action: Ability to follow precedents and procedures. May set priorities and organize work within general guidelines. Seeks assistance when confronted with difficult and/or unpredictable situations. Work progress is monitored by supervisor/manager.
• Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.
• Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
• Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
• Team Work: Ability to work collaboratively in small teams to improve the operations of immediate work group by offering ideas, identifying issues, and respecting team members.
• Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.

Age based Competencies:

Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Neonatal:Birth to 6 months, Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 -.

Physical Nature Of The Job

Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.

Pay Range

$38.00 - $98.19

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, geography of 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