Registered Nurse (RN) - Ambulatory Care - $35 per hour at Mass General Brigham

Mass General Brigham is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Ambulatory Care for a nursing job in Boston, Massachusetts.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Ambulatory Care
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• 40 hours per week
• Shift: 8 hours, days
• Employment Type: Staff

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. When determining base pay, we take a comprehensive approach that considers your skills, relevant experience, education, certifications, and other critical factors. The pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications, but it does not encompass all the elements that contribute to your total compensation package.

STAFF NURSE/ CARDIOLOGY/ AMBULATORY/ 40 HOURS FULL TIME DAYS/ BWH MAIN CAMPUS Excellent Care to Patients and Families • The Best Staff • In the Safest Environment The Staff Nurse will be responsible for: - Providing nursing support and care to patients within the General Cardiology department. - Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment. - Ensuring that ambulatory patients are seen in a timely manner by the appropriate clinician(s) and that appropriate coordination of care and communication is maintained with the patients and referring providers. - Direct patient contact in the clinic is minimal but required when requested. - Providing clinical telephone triage, especially for urgent clinical situations, and general nursing support for patients across the Ambulatory General Cardiology Department. - Maintaining familiarity with department activity and a close working relationship with clinicians and support staff to provide the most appropriate triage and facilitate timely and effective communication and scheduling. - Participating in departmental and organizational quality management and/or quality improvement projects as directed by the leadership team. - Proficient use of the electronic medical record, documenting in a manner that is clear, complete, concise, and in SBAR format when appropriate to remain compliant with nursing standards. - Providing nursing support and care to patients within the General Cardiology department. - Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment. - Ensuring that ambulatory patients are seen in a timely manner by the appropriate clinician(s) and that appropriate coordination of care and communication is maintained with the patients and referring providers. - Direct patient contact in the clinic is minimal but required when requested. - Providing clinical telephone triage, especially for urgent clinical situations, and general nursing support for patients across the Ambulatory General Cardiology Department. - Maintaining familiarity with department activity and a close working relationship with clinicians and support staff to provide the most appropriate triage and facilitate timely and effective communication and scheduling. - Participating in departmental and organizational quality management and/or quality improvement projects as directed by the leadership team. - Proficient use of the electronic medical record, documenting in a manner that is clear, complete, concise, and in SBAR format when appropriate to remain compliant with nursing standards. Nursing at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is known for their excellent clinical practice and for keeping patients and their families at the center of all they do. We understand that great care is shaped by relationships with patients and their families. That’s why we’re committed to knowing our patients on a deeper level — not just as patients, but as individuals — to ensure that they, and their families, feel known and cared for. At BWH, we proudly work together with a spirit of inquiry and a deep commitment to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed and theory-guided care in an inclusive environment. We work each day to achieve our vision — to provide excellent care to patients and families, with the best staff, in the safest environment. Just as we have been able to reinvent health care, we have also transformed health care careers. Whether measured in terms of lives saved, awards earned, or the personal satisfaction of stretching your talents – a career with BWH is unlike any other in the health care field. Here you'll find a workplace where collaboration and teamwork are the norm, not the exception – physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and management form a close-knit bond, based on mutual respect and devotion to our patients. If you want an enormously fulfilling career, there’s no better place to be. To qualify you must have: Education: - Graduate of an approved school of nursing with current registration in Massachusetts. Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing is required for newly licensed nurses Experience: 1. Minimum of 1 year of clinical nursing experience in an Ambulatory Clinic/Practice setting required. Experience only in an ambulatory procedural area or emergency room is not sufficient. 2. Minimum of 3 years responsible related experience as a Registered Nurse within a patient care ambulatory environment with expertise in Cardiology required. 3. Experience with telephone triage and telephone-based clinical assessment techniques required. This is the safe, effective, and appropriate disposition of health-related problems and includes: assessing the severity of symptoms, communicating urgent patient needs to the LIP, referral to appropriate setting or level of care, documenting interventions and an individualized plan of care using an EMR, education of patients and families on their disease process and interventions to promote health and well-being, preliminary interpretation of data, providing home health advice and follow-up, ability to make triage decisions quickly and calmly in emergency situations, and assuring continuity of care. 4. Experience providing in-person triage and direct patient care for acute and chronic conditions as appropriate for an ambulatory outpatient setting required. 5. Experience performing point of care testing and ambulatory clinic procedures required. These include, but are not limited to: urinalysis, glucometer, pregnancy, pH, guaiac, HgbA1C, Strep, EKG, ear irrigation, PPD, immunizations, and medication administration. 6. Demonstrated evidence of exemplary nursing practice and experience in multiple ambulatory specialties preferred. 7. Case Management experience preferred. 8. Experience with team-based care preferred. Other: - Membership in professional organizations is recommended and nursing certification in Ambulatory Care or an Ambulatory Specialty area is preferred. - Able to work weekend rotation per the MNA contract.

Mass General Brigham Job ID #3302161. Posted job title: Ambulatory Nurse- General Cardiology

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Benefits

• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Life insurance
• Employee assistance programs