Registered Nurse (RN) - Otolaryngology

Dartmouth Health; Lebanon (NH); On-site; USD 54,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Loan repayment up to $20,000

Relocation assistance

Housing coordinator

Tuition reimbursement

Earned time

CEU/Training programs

State-of-the-art training facility

Job summary

Dartmouth Health's ENT team seeks a compassionate registered nurse for telephone triage and patient-facing care, including nurse visits and coordination of care for ear, nose, throat, hearing, and head and neck conditions. The role emphasizes assessment, critical thinking, patient education, and collaboration with the ENT and Audiology teams to ensure high-quality, patient-centered care.

Scheduling options include five 8-hour shifts or four 10-hour shifts.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
• Licensed Registered Nurse with NH eligibility; Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
• Recognize changes in patient status and modify the plan accordingly.
• Advocate for patients and uphold autonomy in decision‑making; ensure informed consent.
• Mentor colleagues and engage in governance of practice.
• Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident and other team members.

Skills

Licensed Registered Nurse

BLS Certification

Clinical assessment

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a compassionate and collaborative Registered Nurse to join our growing Otolaryngology (ENT) team! Our ENT nurses provide specialized care to patients of all ages with a broad range of ear, nose, throat, hearing, and head and neck conditions, including sinus disease and head and neck cancers.

This position is primarily telephone triage based with additional patient-facing care, including nurse visits and opportunities for hands-on clinical support. The role requires a clinically strong nurse who is comfortable with assessment, critical thinking, patient education, and care coordination. Responsibilities include triaging patient concerns and symptoms, providing extensive patient and family education, coordinating care plans, reviewing medications, and supporting patients throughout their care journey to ensure high-quality, patient-centered care. Nurses will also support both the ENT and Audiology teams through triage and coordination of care.

Additional responsibilities may include assisting providers during in-clinic ENT scopes and other minor office-based interventions.

We are looking for a nurse who values teamwork, professionalism, compassion, and continuous growth. The ideal candidate is adaptable, organized, and enjoys building strong relationships with both patients and colleagues.

Our clinic is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm with no weekends or holidays. We value work-life balance and are open to flexible scheduling options, including either five 8-hour shifts or four 10-hour shifts.

When you join our team, you are not just accepting a position — you are becoming part of a supportive team that is passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and growing together as a practice.

These are just a few highlights of being a nurse at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Clinics in New Hampshire.

• We have loan repayment up to $20,000.
• We offer Relocation Assistance and a Housing Coordinator to take on the burden of finding a home.
• We offer generous tuition reimbursement.
• We have a very popular "earned time" plan.
• We have extensive CEU/Training programs.
• Our 8,000 ft Patient Safety and Training Simulation Center is state-of-the-art.
• Our nurses serve as central figures in the success of our system through our shared governance nursing model.
• We offer a rigorous, research-focused environment.
• Dartmouth Hitchcock's Nursing Continuing Education Council is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing. education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Why are we so unique?We are a nationally recognized Academic Medical Center set right in the middle of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We recognize that"quality of life"means different things to different people, but we are very confident you will love it here as we have beautiful, rural and suburban housing options, world-class primary, secondary, and graduate schools, hundreds of lakes, thousands of miles of hiking trails and some of the best skiing in the country. This all means you can be a happy nurse with more quality time with friends, family, pets or maybe just quiet hikes by yourself. Our idea of traffic in the "Upper Valley" of New Hampshire is a line on the ski mountain at the chair lift.

The Dartmouth Health system stretches over New Hampshire and Vermont and offers the quintessential New England experience. With no income or sales tax, this beautiful area combines history, industry, and business and has been ranked consistently as one of the best places in the US to live and work. Anchored by the academic Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, the system includes the NCI-designated Dartmouth Cancer Center, Dartmouth Health Children’s; member hospitals, and 30 Dartmouth Hitchcock ambulatory clinics across the region. With destinations like Boston, New York, the seacoast, and ski country within driving distance, the opportunities - both career and personal - truly make New Hampshire the ideal place to work and play.

Dartmouth Health is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Responsibilities

The Clinical Nurse is an engaged and credentialed member of the Professional Nursing Organization and is responsible for autonomous practice directed by the professional tenets of practitioner, leader/decision maker, scientist and transferor. The Clinical Nurse is responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide evidence-based care and to continuously monitor and evaluate practice to ensure safe passage of patients that is in the best interest of populations served.

Practitioner

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, diagnose, identify outcomes, plan, implement and evaluate an individualized plan of care.
• Utilizes critical thinking and the nursing process to anticipate and recognize changes in patient status, taking action to modify the plan of care or to elevate to the care team as necessary.
• Practices in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics to advocate for patients, uphold their autonomy in decision‑making, ensure informed consent and assist patients in families in expressing self‑determination.
• Actively seeks feedback and acts to improve performance.
• Engages in the governance of practice.

Leader/Decision Maker

• Manages interpersonal relationships for self and with others.
• Mentors colleagues for the advancement of nursing practice and the profession.
• Assumes authority and accountability for the nursing care of patients while appropriately delegating elements of care to others members of the care delivery team in accordance with laws, regulations and policies and procedures.
• Prioritizes and organizes time to optimize patient outcomes.

Scientist

• Actively seeks out the most current evidence and standards and applies and translates to daily practice.
• Role models a culture of inquiry, developing new knowledge by contributing to research, quality improvement, and evidence-based practice at the local level.

Transferor

• Communicates effectively in a variety of formats in all areas of practice.
• Actively partners with others to effect change that produces positive outcomes through the exchange of knowledge.
• Precepts the student nurse, nurse extern, nurse resident, experienced clinical nurse and other members of the healthcare team.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned.

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN) preferred.

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Licensed Registered Nurse with NH eligibility
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certificate required upon hire.
• Area of Interest:Nursing
• Pay Range:$39.00/Hr. - $54.75/Hr.
• FTE/Hours per pay period:1.00 - 1.00 - 40 hrs/week
• Shift:Day
• Job ID:41802

Dartmouth Health offers a total compensation package that includes a comprehensive selection of benefits. Our Core Benefits include medical, dental, vision and life insurance, short and long term disability, paid time off, and retirement plans.

Dartmouth Health is an Equal Opportunity and Affinnative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Dartmouth Health provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and to applicants and employees with sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. Applicants who require an accommodation during the application or interview process may [e-mail] assistance.

Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center and Dartmouth Hitchcock Clinics comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. We do not exclude or treat people differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex.