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Job Summary
Provides administrative, operational, and clinical responsibilities for all services in the facility on evenings, nights, weekends, and/or holidays. Serves as the clinical resource person on patient care and services; acts as the patient care representative; collaborates with medical staff, ancillary support, and clinical services in order to ensure optimal patient care services and environmental conditions at all times. Responsible for notifying Administrator-On-Call of serious issues, incidents, and internal and external disasters.Essential Functions
Supervise patient care through verification of the use of the nursing process according to established nursing practices and patient care standards and provide direction and guidance to facilitate the nursing process.
-Ensure appropriate intervention is demonstrated in all situations, e.g., deterioration of patient condition, disruptive behavior, equipment malfunctions, etc.
-Serve as off-shift patient care representative, listen to patient or patient family members' issues, documents, and complaints, and investigate if required.
-Conduct rounds of all patient care areas and define expectations for accurate reporting with emphasis on high-acuity patients.
-Collaborate throughout off-shift with support services, emergency, admitting, and clinical services to coordinate clinical patient care or environmental needs.
-Follow through to ensure patient's needs, as well as environmental and safety-related issues, are resolved.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's Degree Nursing required and Master's Degree Nursing preferred
Licenses and Credentials
Massachusetts Registered Nurse License required
Basic Life Support required
Experience
Clinical nursing experience 5-7 years required and Lead nursing experience 2-3 years required
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong organizational and problem-solving/issue-resolution skills.
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills, working with a diverse patient population.
- Ability to anticipate challenges and develop and implement strategies for addressing them.
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with all professional and support staff.
- Proven ability to work independently.
- Strong leadership abilities to provide guidance, mentorship, and education to others.
Additional Job Details (if applicable)
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital is a 171- bed non-profit, community teaching hospital located in Jamaica Plain. Founded in 1900, Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital offers comprehensive care in a wide variety of specialties. We are a Magnet designated hospital, a recognition that fewer than nine percent of all US hospitals receive. We believe that everyone should have the chance to live a healthy life. From creating breakthroughs that have paved the way for treatments around the globe to training the next generation of providers, our patients are at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for more than a career, join Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital. Our patients call it better care. Our employees call it home.
Remote Type
Onsite
Work Location
1153 Centre Street
Scheduled Weekly Hours
0
Employee Type
Per Diem
Work Shift
Rotating (United States of America)
EEO Statement:
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.
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