Virtual Registered Nurse, Home Hospital

About the role

Join the Future of Acute Care—From Our State-of-the-Art Virtual Command Center. The Virtual Registered Nurse (VRN) delivers high-quality, patient-centered care using advanced technology, remote patient monitoring, and a collaborative team-based model. This per diem, on-site role is based at the Logistics Command Center at Assembly Row in Somerville, MA, providing hospital-level care for a diverse adult patient population, including those with acute medical conditions such as heart failure, COPD exacerbations, pneumonia, cellulitis, dehydration requiring acute intervention, and postpartum patients with hypertension.

Responsibilities

• Performs and documents nursing process: assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patients receiving remote care in their defined home.
• Conducts virtual care, patient assessment, and remote patient monitoring (as ordered), working with the clinical care team to trend data and respond accordingly.
• Provides protocol-driven assessments, care coordination, and interventions as defined by MGB Healthcare at Home protocols.
• Exhibits sound clinical decision-making and critical thinking skills for a diverse patient population.
• Maintains and practices in accordance with nursing guidelines, as well as institutional, local, and state regulations.
• Performs admissions, discharges, and episodic visits within MGB Home Hospital through high-quality virtual patient-centered care.
• Performs triage of patient care calls outside regular business hours for post-acute home care patients; requests in-person home care visits as appropriate.
• Serves as a role model for professional nursing practice and shares expertise with multidisciplinary teams.
• Supports research efforts to advance knowledge and promote evidence-based practice.
• Provides medication teaching, assists with medication administration and education to patients and families, and collaborates with pharmacy and care teams on medication reconciliation.
• Completes timely documentation for all nursing care in Epic and answers, directs, and provides follow-up on incoming clinical patient concerns.
• Ensures compliance with reporting requirements in RL Solutions and participates in quality and safety education, rounds, and evaluations.
• Promotes a culture of safety and engages in process improvement efforts in a HIPAA-compliant environment.

Qualifications

• Education/Licensure: Graduation from an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred; BLS; current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Massachusetts.
• Experience/Skills: At least 3 years of Emergency Department experience required; telemetry, telehealth, remote patient monitoring, and telephone triage experience preferred; proficiency with Epic, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, and other web-based platforms preferred.

Pay

Pay range: $40.09 – $78.04 per hour.

Schedule

• Per diem, hybrid role based at Assembly Row in Somerville, MA.
• Minimum of four shifts per month, including at least one weekend shift each month.
• Expected to work either one major winter holiday or one major summer holiday.
• Rotating shift.