About This Role
This night-shift post on the cardiac ward pairs patient care with mentoring new nurses.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate basics of infection control including standard precautions
- Demonstrate skills and knowledge directly related to age-appropriate care of pediatric patients as well as proficient knowledge of equipment and instrumentation
- Assess the physical, emotional, psychosocial and socio-economical needs of the client and family, and refer to appropriate organizations for further evaluation when appropriate
- Provide urgent triage care in the office as needed as well as urgent telephone triage and/or crisis management
- Use EMR to completely and accurately document nursing care including triage, education, medication, reconciliation, and care planning when appropriate
- Act as facilitator of communication between family, physician, front desk and other health professionals
- Administer vaccines and medications, and perform in-office procedures such as blood work and catheterization in an efficient and professional manner, delegate appropriate tasks to Medical Assistant and other staff when appropriate
- Contact patients and families after Emergency Room and Hospital discharge to prevent readmission and post-hospitalization complications
- Coordinate with home care services if necessary
- Maintain pediatric-centered continuing education and training
- Adhere to the general policies and procedures as outlined by the practice
- Ability to meet the necessary physical demands of the position
Requirements
- Excellent written and verbal communication, excellent organization
- Ability to work independently as well as function as part of the care team
- Ability to handle sensitive medical information/HIPAA compliance
- Working knowledge of EMR, Microsoft office and email
- Graduation from an accredited nursing program
- Current license to practice nursing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by the Department of Public Health Nursing Certification Board as either a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
- Maintain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
- Maintain Continuing Educational Units (CEU's) as required for licensure
- Practice within the guidelines of the American Nursing Association Standards or Practice
