**When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you're making a difference in people's lives.**
The Anna Jaques Hospital Registered Nurse is an active participant in the health care team who provides direct and indirect care to patients/ families/ significant others, utilizing the components of the nursing process in accordance with the philosophy, objectives, value and mission behaviors of the of the patient care division.
**Job Description:**
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Professional Conduct
+ Demonstrates a positive attitude, professional demeanor, compassionate care and active listening skills.
+ Treats all with dignity, courtesy, and respect while working as a committed member of the healthcare team.
Professional Development
+ Actively participates in departmental staff meetings and quality improvement initiatives.
+ Maintains current licensure and certifications as per job description and keeps current on assigned education and training tasks.
Critical Thinking
+ Utilizes critical thinking skills and the teaching of evidence-based practice.
+ Follows Hand-Off Communication policy as appropriate.
Nursing Practice
+ Practices within the scope and service outlined in the Nurse Practice Act.
+ Utilizes Standard Universal Precautions.
Patient Advocacy
+ Advocates for patients and families to ensure positive patient care outcomes.
Documentation
+ Documents in a timely and accurate manner.
+ Documents all changes as well as relevant information regarding patient's response to intervention, therapeutic regimens, and patient progress as it relates to plan of care and patient's response to teaching.
Patient Care
+ Ensures that patient's pain is well controlled.
+ Responds to patient needs in a timely manner, including answering call lights.
Patient Communication
+ Communicates effectively with patients, families, peers and other members of the healthcare team.
+ Includes patient, family, and caregivers in all aspects of care white ensuring that all explanations are understandable.
Assessment
+ Completes admission and on-going assessments based on patient needs within appropriate time frame.
+ Identifies patient's individual needs, problems, issues, concerns and considers chronological and developmental levels.
Planning
+ Develops an individualized nursing plan of care based on initial and on-going data collection.
+ Ensures that the plan establishes realistic and attainable health goals with patient and family including educational and discharge needs.
+ Provides resources to assist patients and families with post-discharge needs.
Implementation
+ Demonstrates clinical competency and follows standards of care, policies and procedures.
+ Interprets properly and implements physician's orders.
+ Implements patient education and discharge teaching appropriately utilizing "teach back" process
Evaluation
+ Evaluates patient outcomes as a basis for modification.
+ Ensures that plan is based and modified on the provision of competent, quality care.
Safety
+ Continually ensures patient safety by compliance with, but not limited to hospital policies and procedures, the Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals and Universal protocol.
+ Provides a safe, secure professional environment while maintaining HIPAA compliance.
Leadership Responsibilities
+ Provides appropriate guidance and support to team members while acting as a resource or preceptor to new staff.
+ Delegates tasks in compliance with scope of practice and hospital job descriptions.
+ As part of charge nurse responsibilities, ensures that assignment considers acuity, patient flow and experience and expertise of staff.
Other Duties as Assigned
Completes other duties as assigned
Education: Must be a graduate of an accredited nursing program. BSN preferred.
Experience: No information provided
License/Certification(s):
+ Must be currently licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
+ BLS, ACLS and PALS required
+ Maintains ONS Chemotherapy Provider Card.
**Pay Range:**
$35.85 - $77.82
This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement. 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. The pay range for this position is established and governed by the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Employees hired into this position will receive compensation consistent with the terms of the applicable collective bargaining agreement.
**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**