RN Pre-Admissions Testing Per Diem

About the Role

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Under the general supervision of the Nurse Manager/Assistant Nurse Manager/Tertiary Team Leader, the Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care practices within the Lahey Clinic Professional Practice Model, MA Nurse Practice Act, ANA Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics, and demonstrates Lahey Clinic’s core values that reflect its Mission. The nurse-patient/family relationship, continuity of care, and accountability are central to the delivery of individualized high-quality patient care.

A Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide expected standards of care based on physical, psychosocial, cultural, educational, spiritual, safety, and age-appropriate considerations of patients. The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care bears full and ultimate responsibility for the quality of nursing care provided to individuals and groups, including health maintenance, teaching, counseling, collaborative planning, and restoration of optimal functioning and comfort or dignified death.

The Staff Registered Nurse: Tertiary Care assumes responsibility for the plan of care, has the authority to make decisions, and is held accountable for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The role facilitates coordination of care across the continuum and demonstrates safe practice within the domains of clinical judgment, professional relationships, clinical leadership, and clinical scholarship.

Responsibilities

• Clinical Judgment and Decision Making:
  • Provides safe patient care by demonstrating organizational skills that maintain and coordinate safe delivery of quality care for assigned patients/families.
  • Develops a culturally competent plan of care that identifies patient problems, expected outcomes, and addresses preventative measures.
  • Performs systematic patient and family assessment relevant to practice settings.
  • Delivers care specific to the age of the patient.
  • Evaluates effectiveness of care and adapts plan based on patient/family response.
• Professional Relationship:
  • Establishes professional relationships with nurses, physicians, other colleagues, patients, and families, integrating the patient and family as partners in care based on Swanson’s Theory of Caring.
  • Educates patients and families about illness and treatment, including preventative measures.
  • Supports Lahey Clinic’s commitment to community-based activities.
• Clinical Leadership:
  • Supports the development of others and creates a practice climate of responsiveness and learning based on Benner’s Novice to Expert skills acquisition model.
  • Demonstrates professional behavior by adhering to unit policies, practice guidelines, and the ANA Code of Ethics.
  • Acts as a responsive team member and fulfills roles in regulatory compliance and readiness.
  • Demonstrates the role of nurse as teacher.
• Clinical Scholarship:
  • Upholds standards of quality nursing care and demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning.
  • Incorporates evidence-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 and behavioral expectations.
  • Maintains courteous and effective interactions with colleagues and patients.
  • Demonstrates understanding of job description, performance expectations, and competency assessment.
  • Participates in departmental and/or interdepartmental quality improvement activities.
  • Completes mandatory education and performs other duties as needed or directed.
• Delegation & Supervision:
  • Delegates and supervises in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act of Massachusetts Rules & Regulations- 244 CMR 3.0 and ANA Principles of Delegation.
  • Bears full responsibility for appropriate assignment, teaching, directing, supervising, and outcomes of delegation.

Requirements

• Current license to practice professional nursing from the Massachusetts Board of Registration.
• BLS certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• Graduate of a state-approved and/or accredited School of Nursing.

Skills & Abilities

• Demonstrates necessary clinical skills and technical knowledge to provide care for patients according to Nursing Policy and Procedures and unit-specific competencies.
• Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills.
• Maintains a current level of knowledge and skill with technical procedures as defined by nursing specialty organizations.
• Complies with all regulations and standards of regulatory and accrediting bodies.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $37.00 - $95.37 per hour. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, including seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, and 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.