Registered Nurse, Neuro ICU, Per Diem

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

NEURO ICU: Lahey Clinic is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced intensive care (ICU) nurse to join our new Neurosciences Critical Care Unit team. We are looking for a dynamic Registered Nurse who is seeking a role in which they are at the forefront of delivering state of the art Neurocritical Care. As a Registered Nurse in the NCCU, you will work collaboratively with our interdisciplinary team to deliver clinical excellence in patient-centered care, while being empowered through evidence-based practice, continuing education, collaboration, and shared governance to deliver nursing care at the highest level with empathy and kindness in the forefront. Our Neurosciences Critical Care Unit is the newest unit at Lahey Clinic and is comprised of 9 Intensive Care and 9 Progressive Care beds. Lahey Clinic holds a Comprehensive Stroke Center designation and is proudly growing Neurosciences Critical Care within the organization. The NCCU is an acute intensive care unit specializing in the care of acutely ill patients with life threatening neurologic disease or life threatening neurological manifestation of a system disease. Using the latest technologies, nursing staff deliver care to patients requiring ventilatory support, hemodynamic monitoring, ICP monitoring, targeted temperature management, osmotic therapy, continuous renal replacement therapy, in addition to providing support and comfort to the families of these patients.

Requirements:

• BSN required
• Neurosciences or ICU experience preferred
• At least 1 year of previous Nursing experience in acute care or sub-acute setting required
• Telemetry experience preferred
• Current Massachusetts registered Nurse license required.
• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS certification required
• ACLS certification required
• Demonstrate critical thinking, service excellence and good interpersonal communication skills, ability to read/comprehend written instructions, ability to follow verbal instructions, PC skills
• Lifting 75 lbs. minimum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
A. Establishes professional relationship with nurses, physicians and other colleagues and patients and families.
B. Demonstrates professional behavior by adhering to unit policies and procedures, practice guidelines specific to the setting and the ANA Code of Ethics.
C. Demonstrates skills as a responsive team member.
D. Demonstrates role of nurse as teacher.
E. Demonstrate ability to fulfill role in Regulatory compliance and readiness.

Clinical Scholarship:
A. Upholds standards of quality nursing care.
B. Demonstrates a commitment to life long learning.
C. Demonstrates evidenced based practice (EBP) in nursing.

Organizational Requirements:

• Incorporates Lahey Clinic Guiding Principles, Mission Statement, and Goals into daily activities.
• Complies with all Lahey Clinic Policies.
• Complies with behavioral expectations of the department and Lahey Clinic.
• Maintains courteous and effective interactions with colleagues and patients.
• Demonstrates an understanding of the job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment.
• Demonstrates a commitment toward meeting and exceeding the needs of our customers and consistently adheres to Customer Service standards.
• Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities.
• Participates in and successfully completes Mandatory Education.
• Performs all other duties as needed or directed to meet the needs of the department.

Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Graduate of a state approved and/or accredited School of Nursing
Licensure, Certification, Registration:

• Current license to practice professional nursing from the Massachusetts Board of Registration
• BLS certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

• Clinical Skills/Technical Knowledge
  a. Demonstrates the necessary clinical skills and technical knowledge to provide care for patients according to Nursing Policy and Procedures.
  b. Demonstrates the necessary clinical skills and knowledge to provide care for patients according to the unit-specific competencies.
  c. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.

Experience:

• None -

Pay Range:
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. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.

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.

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