Registered Nurse - Cardiac Surgery Clinic

About the role

The role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders. It involves performing duties such as assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the care needs of a designated group of patients.

Responsibilities

• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care needs of a designated group of patients or provides nursing care and identified clinical support tasks within the scope of practice for achievement of the patient’s plan of care as directed.
• Provides professional nursing care to patients.
• Requires a nursing license.
• Serves as a patient and family advocate while facilitating a cooperative and collaborative environment among all health care providers.
• Manages projects / processes, works independently with limited supervision, coaches and reviews the work of lower level professionals, resolves difficult and sometimes complex problems.

Requirements

• Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Certifications (i.e. ACLS, PALS) relevant to the department and type of care being provided may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN).
• Specialty Nursing certifications.

Skills

• Possesses and applies the skills and knowledge necessary for the delivery and management of patient care from admission through discharge.
• Serves as a patient and family advocate while facilitating a cooperative and collaborative environment among all health care providers.
• Utilizes theoretical and evidence-based knowledge in partnering with patients and their families to assess, plan, implement and evaluate age appropriate care.
• Plans and develops individualized outcomes-based care plans incorporating the patient and family’s readiness and barrier to learning.
• Orchestrates and validates a plan of care for each shift.
• Initiates interdisciplinary patient/family meetings to facilitate communication regarding the plan of care.
• Ensures the plan of care utilizes principles and concepts of project, organizational or systems management.
• Implements the plan in a safe and timely manner.
• Collaborates with nursing colleagues and others to implement the plan.
• Utilizes evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the diagnosis or problem.
• Provides and coordinates health teaching which is required by individuals, families and groups to maintain an optimal level of health.
• Documents per hospital and regulatory requirements/policies, all aspects of care, including but not limited to, treatments/procedures performed and patient response.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the planned strategies in relation to patient responses and the attainment of expected outcomes and knowledge.
• Demonstrates and applies the skill and judgement necessary to implement the nursing plan of care, nursing interventions and procedures necessary for the care of the patient and family based upon critical thinking skills and a spirit of inquiry.
• Performs procedures and treatments using nursing knowledge and judgment, according to established unit/practice area guidelines and professional standards.
• Safely administers and assesses the patient response to medication utilizing essential knowledge of pharmacology and Hospital and Department Standards of Care.
• Maintains clinical competency with respect to technology and utilizes equipment in a safe manner.
• Participates in hospital and/or unit based patient safety and quality activities and uses principles to support and improve patient outcomes.
• Participates in performance improvement activities through data collection, analysis and evaluation.
• Champions quality, safety, regulatory, and patient-family satisfaction.
• Facilitates cooperative and collaborative relationships among the various disciplines and departments to ensure effective quality patient care delivery and to create a positive and professional work environment.
• Supports collaboration with nursing colleagues and other disciplines to implement plan of care by participation in nursing, physician, and case management reporting rounds.
• Delegates responsibilities to others with an understanding of their roles, knowledge and capabilities.
• Influences others to achieve Service Excellence by establishing a climate for optimal patient care, mutually supportive collegial relationships, and professional development; treating both internal and external customers with courtesy, respect and caring behavior; promoting a safe, clean, therapeutic environment for patients, families and staff; acknowledging cultural differences that exist among staff and patients; identifying customer service needs on the unit; presenting self in a professional and calm manner; providing responsible and efficient use of resources.
• Participates in professional development and lifelong learning activities that assist in developing and maintaining their continuing competence, enhance their professional practice and support achievement of their career goals including: maintaining current licensure and adheres to the Massachusetts Nurse Practice Act; assuming responsibility for participating in educational opportunities to support and meet clinical competency requirements; seeking out educational and professional resources; developing professionally as a self-directed, motivated learner; seeking out advanced certification opportunities and ongoing education opportunities; precepting and mentoring newly hired staff and nursing students; investigating available technology and resources to apply evidence based practice and research into daily professional activities; promoting leadership at the bedside as a delegator, collaborator, facilitator, and communicator; and promoting unit and organizational growth through a shared governance model.
• May assume charge nurse functions in collaboration with unit leadership.
• Facilitates communication by seeking and sharing job-related information that supports a culture of respect and responsibility; accepting responsibility for positive and productive communication skills; attending and actively participating in staff meetings (when unable to attend, accepts responsibility for reading staff meeting minutes); and accepting responsibility for reading emails to keep current with unit and hospital based information.

Benefits

At Tufts Medicine, we want every individual to feel valued for the skills and experience they bring. Our compensation philosophy is designed to offer fair, competitive pay that attracts, retains, and motivates highly talented individuals, while rewarding the important work you do every day. The base pay ranges reflect the minimum qualifications for the role. Individual offers are determined using a comprehensive approach that considers relevant experience, certifications, education, skills, and internal equity to ensure compensation is fair, consistent, and aligned with our business goals. Beyond base pay, Tufts Medicine provides a comprehensive Total Rewards package that supports your health, financial security, and career growth—one of the many ways we invest in you so you can thrive both at work and outside of it.

Pay

Pay Range: $43.01 - $70.95