Registered Nurse

Essential Duties

• Assists with provision of care that includes treatment, teaching and counseling.
• Recognizes and interprets symptoms of patient’s conditions and reports to appropriate health care provider.
• Provides direct nursing services to patients and their families. These services include, but are not exclusive to: nursing assessment, nursing intervention/referral, health care education.
• Affords assessments patients’ needs based upon evaluation of current functioning and strengths, review of previous health/medical plan of care, and medications. This includes support system being utilized, vocational status, and identification of any special needs (i.e., physical, emotional, or substance abuse/psychiatric history).
• Able to prepare patients for examination: completes history, reviews systems, and current physical health status.
• Takes B/P, weight, height, temperature, other measurements and/or vitals as appropriate to complete health assessment.
• Performs vision and hearing screenings if appropriate.
• Obtains urine, sputum specimens as appropriate.
• Completes laboratory /radiology imaging reconciliation.
• Maintains clinical logs for central area.
• Develops a system for summarizing clinical and laboratory data for evaluation and planning purposes, and quality assurance.
• Aids in the planning and implementation of educational programs for patients and families to increase awareness of relevant medical conditions, decrease risk-behaviors, and increase responsibility for self-care.
• Attends and participates in in-service education programs for staff, quality assurance programs, and risk-management programs.

License/Certifications

• 1+ years of experience in an ambulatory or outpatient setting is desirable, with a focus on pediatric and/or adult nursing.
• Current CPR/BLS Certification.
• Registered Nursing License in Massachusetts required.

Experience/Other

• Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
• Bilingual skills in English and Khmer, Spanish, Portuguese, Kiswahili, Pashto, desired.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent standing and walking for up to 80% of the work day or shift.
• Some lifting, pushing or pulling required up to 30 pounds.
• Ability to see and distinguish color.
• Ability to perform CPR (chest compressions).

Work Environment

• Frequent contact with patients, families, visitors, nurses and other department staff.
• Occasional requests to change work areas to cover another priority area to meet patient needs.
• May be exposed to various body fluids and/or infectious diseases.
• Universal precautions and techniques are included in orientation and the availability of protective wear is supported and encouraged when the employee is at risk for exposure.