Med​/Surg Registered Nurse - Per Diem

Overview

Newton-Wellesley Hospital, part of Mass General Brigham, is a not-for-profit healthcare organization dedicated to patient care, research, teaching, and community service.

Job Summary:

The registered nurse provides highly professional and technical nursing care to assigned patients, administering direct and indirect patient care using the nursing process. The RN oversees other team members and collaborates with a multidisciplinary team to deliver population-specific care in alignment with BORN regulations and professional standards. The STAT Registered Nurse supports unstable and critically ill patients throughout the hospital. The Device Clinic RN performs patient care and technical duties in the outpatient Device Clinic, including interrogation and programming, telephonic pacing follow-up, and follow-up for research studies and clinical trials in cardiac pacing.

• Adheres to general hospital standards to promote a cooperative work environment.
• Follows departmental policies and procedures.
• Contributes to the overall quality of services.
• Assumes responsibility for keeping informed about changes.
• Makes independent decisions within the scope of nursing practice.
• Uses the nursing process and evidence-based practice to ensure quality patient care throughout the episode of care.
• Assesses the patient’s physical, psychological, spiritual, cultural, and social needs.
• Provides competent and compassionate care specific to the unique needs of individual patients and populations served.
• Individualizes care considering patient factors such as age, development, physical abilities, cultural practices, economic status, literacy, communication skills, cognitive abilities, and gender or sexual orientation.
• Updates knowledge and skill of populations served to meet patient care needs.
• Applies knowledge of illness, injury, and disease in the assessment process and recognizes symptoms that require immediate intervention.
• Individualizes a plan of care based on assessments and in collaboration with the patient, family, significant other, and appropriate resources.
• Engages patient/family/significant others as partners in caring.
• Updates plan of care and nursing documentation based on continuing assessments.
• Implements clinical and technical aspects of care and physician orders in compliance with standards.
• Evaluates the patient/family/significant other’s responses to goals and interventions and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Demonstrates ability to set priorities when planning and implementing patient care.
• Coordinates and collaborates with resources and multidisciplinary team members to facilitate a comprehensive discharge plan.
• Recognizes changes in patient’s physical and mental status and informs physician or another health care professional.
• Collaborates with case managers to anticipate discharge needs and address barriers.
• Identifies primary caregiver at home and includes them in patient teaching and discharge planning.
• Creates and maintains a safe and therapeutic environment for patients, self, and coworkers.
• Uses two patient identifiers to match the correct patient with the correct care, treatment, or services.
• Demonstrates principles of infection control, universal precautions, OSHA standards, hazardous material guidelines, and isolation procedures.
• Safeguards the rights of patients and hospital personnel to privacy by protecting information confidentially.
• Provides patient comfort and hygiene.
• Demonstrates proper use of equipment and supplies according to established procedures.
• Assesses need prior to application of restraints and uses alternative measures when appropriate.
• Demonstrates proper technique and calibration of equipment when performing point-of-care testing.
• Ensures equipment is operational and safe or removed from service.
• Responds appropriately to emergency situations.
• Minimizes risk of injury by promoting fall precautions, call bell use, side rails, and other safety practices.
• Treats patients and families in a non-judgmental respectful manner.
• Takes initiative to advocate for the patient.
• Makes patient aware of rights and responsibilities.
• Provides emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to…