Registered Nurse

Company Description

By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways, inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.

Harvard University's Central Administration (CADM) is a 5,000+ employee organization that supports the university's overall excellence by understanding and serving the needs of its schools, students, faculty, staff, alumni, and surrounding communities. Through dynamic and collaborative partnerships, CADM provides high-quality and efficient services to the schools to help them achieve their goals.

Harvard University Health Services (HUHS) is the on-site multi-specialty medical practice and health administration for the Harvard community. It provides care to students, faculty, staff, eligible post‑docs, retirees, and their dependents. HUHS also manages two university‑owned health plans, HUGHP (for faculty and staff) and SHIP (for students), and collaborates with other departments to address public health needs.

Plan and provide professional nursing services and patient care for students, staff, and faculty. Ensure compliance with clinicians’ orders and follow established nursing processes, including patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning, intervention and evaluation.

Under the supervision of the Assistant Nurse Manager, the Registered Nurse at HUHS works collaboratively with the members of the health care team to support the delivery of care including health maintenance, episodic, acute and chronic care to the adolescent, adult, and older adult population of the University Community. The Registered Nurse utilizes evidence‑based practice to drive clinical decisions related to individual and population health according to department guidelines, policies and procedures.

The Registered Nurse also assists and provides coverage and support to other clinical areas at HUHS as needed.

There are common skills and responsibilities across the ambulatory setting (primary, specialty care, and urgent care). The skills and responsibilities that the RN at HUHS performs may include but are not limited to:

• Assesses and systemically collects any data related to patient health status and works in collaboration with the patient and the interdisciplinary team to develop the plan of care
• Incorporates appropriate standards of care for practice and patient outcomes
• Assumes responsibility and accountability for effectively managing nursing care of individual patients
• Documents nursing assessment, interventions, evaluations and outcomes to reflect comprehensive and integrated approach to patient care
• Provides care that is safe, ethical, patient and family‑centered, culturally competent and evidence‑based
• Telephone Triage
• Manages secure message inboxes
• In‑person triage
• Provides follow‑up care and consultation
• Provide support to clinical staff based on clinic demands
• Reviews and acts on test results (labs, x‑ray)
• Reviews and manages communications from interdisciplinary team; initiates and monitors intravenous (IV) infusions
• Assists or performs procedures (e.g., ECGs, dressing changes, subcutaneous or intra‑muscular injections, etc.)
• Provides patient education
• Assists with medication management
• Provides support with Coumadin management as needed
• Completes accurate and timely documentation in the electronic medical record
• Assists with management of urgent and emergent patient care situations
• Serves as a mentor and resource to others
• Assists with the coordination of care across the continuum of care
• Assists with the management of patients with multiple chronic health conditions, acute episodes of care, behavioral health challenges while promoting and supporting prevention and wellness
• May float to other clinics as needed
• Other duties as assigned

• Works independently within their scope of practice to achieve clinical outcomes
• Maintains a level of professional development through…