Registered Nurse, Geri Medical Psych Unit - Float, Per Diem

UMass Memorial Health Clinton, MA 01510, US

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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:

$39.54 - $60.87

(based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:

Holidays - One Major Summer Holiday, Holidays - One Major Winter Holiday, Monday through Friday, Weekends - Every Fourth Weekend

Scheduled Hours:

mixed 8 hour shifts

Shift:

4 - Mixed Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

Cost Center:

24070 - 0610 Psych Ip Geriatric

Union:

MNA-HealthAlliance Clinton (Massachusetts Nurses Association)

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Responsible for the planning, delivery and management of direct patient care utilizing the nursing process and adhering to the standards of nursing practice.

I. Major Responsibilities:
1. Utilizes the Nursing Process for the delivery and management of patient’s care from Admission to Discharge, appropriate to the developmental age of the patient population.
2. Performs patient assessment/reassessment according to standard procedure.
3. Develops and coordinates individual plan of care including discharge planning.
4. Directs, supervises, coordinates and evaluate nursing care within assigned clinical setting.
5. Delegates appropriately to others in accordance with job description and competency level.
6. Documents patient care according to standard procedure.
7. Develops, implements/coordinates and documents Education Plan for patient/family/ significant other.
8. Ensures quality and continuity of care through collaboration with other health care providers.
9. Administers medications, performs treatments, therapies and operates equipment according to policy and procedure. Assists physician with treatment and procedures and special tests as required or directed.
10. Participates in and supports Nursing Governance activities.
11. Assumes responsibility for professional growth. Assists in education and development of staff.
12. Participates in performance improvement initiatives and demonstrate the use of quality improvement in daily operations.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
5. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications:
License/Certification/Education:
Required:
1. Current Massachusetts Nursing licensure and registration.
2. BLS is a requirement for every RN unless advance cardiac life support (ACLS) certification is current, in addition to any unit specific certifications and competencies.
Preferred:
1. Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing highly preferred.

Experience/Skills:
Required:
1. Thorough knowledge of the discipline of Nursing.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:
Work is considered medium. Position requires work indoors in a patient care environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

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Works collaboratively with Providers to complete assessments and perform bedside procedures. Displays professional, positive perspective, including when faced with difficult circumstances Seeks opportunities to assist all team members Actively participates in unit-based shared governance and with the philosophy of the unit and the organization. Appropriately delegates aspects of care and unit activities to other nursing personnel Provides support and mentors new nurses and other disciplines withing the department through preceptorship and other methods as requested by the department leadership. Participates in Peer Review maintaining confidentiality. Participates in DNV survey readiness. Demonstrates characteristics of the SPIRIT of St. Joseph Hospital with a commitment to my co-workers and holds peers accountable for the same. Follows organizational HIPAA compliance policy. Demonstrates fiscal responsibility through complete and accurate timekeeping, as well as patient supply utilization. Avoiding unauthorized use of overtime and managing ETO per policy. Participates in annual evaluation 360 process as requested. Provides quality care by remaining up-to-date on Nurse Sensitive Indicators. Responds to emergency situations per department/role requirements such as Code Blue and rapid response team. Other duties as consistent with this role. Emergency Department, additional responsibilities include: Triages patients and determines priority of care (ESI level) based on physical, psychological, and social needs including factors influencing patient flow through the system. Implement protocol orders associated with approved chief complaints. Performs focused assessment related to chief complaints in a timely manner according to established triage guidelines Reassess arrived patients after initial triage to ensure no change in condition. Provides quality care for patients presenting with acute illness and/or trauma requiring emergent/urgent attention and able to recognize potential life-threatening conditions for early intervention Initiates corrective action as appropriate when information from monitoring equipment shows adverse symptomology or patients demonstrate adverse clinical symptoms For admitted/boarding patients, complete required documentation per policy Engages in initiatives aimed at improving patient throughput Cardiac Cath and Angiography Lab additional responsibilities include: Ability to learn complex technologies effectively Experience with complex/critical care medication infusions, including titration management Enhanced knowledge of anatomy and physiology, especially cardiac Experience with emergency cardiac interventions Provide in-depth history and medication review (pre-admission testing) of all patients scheduled for procedures to ensure patient safety peri-procedure. Demonstrates the ability to correctly identify periprocedural safety issues, and report to physician accordingly. Demonstrates clinical expertise in creating and maintaining a sterile field. Plans and provides equipment and supplies based on procedure and physician needs. Participates in on-call assignments and demonstrates flexibility to cover staffing as needed. Ability to be within 30-minute radius when on call. Ability to safely administer procedural sedation. Pass annual sedation examination. Documents sedation according to policies and procedures. Maintains safe working environment to include radiation safety/appropriate personal protection attire. Demonstrates criteria for arterial and venous sheath removal. RN has working understanding of guidelines provided in physician orders for safe sheath removal when patient has been given blood thinners prior to sheath removal. Demonstrates the ability to identify criteria for equipment including Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP), IMPELLA etc. Assist MD with set up, insertion and maintenance of equipment as needed. Assist with insertion of Flow wire, Opsens and IVUS. RN must demonstrate contraindications and reversal for IV adenosine infusion. Demonstrates a working knowledge of hemodynamic waveforms. Obtains the ability to monitor arterial waveform during left heart catheterization. Able to identify damping and ventriculization of arterial waveforms. Able to correctly identify different hemodynamic waveforms during right heart catheterizations. Job Requirements Job Knowledge and Skills Basic Dysrhythmia preferred or obtained prior to completion of orientation. NIHSS certification preferred or obtained prior to completion of orientation Certification in Specialty preferred Call shifts required for Cath Lab and Stress Lab. CPI training preferred or obtained within 6 months of hire. CPI advanced training for the ED and ICU within 6 months of hire. Education and Experience Current New Hampshire RN license required Graduate of an approved Nursing program strongly preferred 3-5 Years Critical Care Experience preferred for the Cardiac Cath/Angiography Lab ASN required, BSN preferred BLS required ACLS Preferred for all critical care RN roles (excluding the Operating Room and Pre-Admission testing and is required prior to completion of orientation) PALS Preferred – Required prior to completion of orientation for Urgent Care, and PACU Required prior to assuming care for critically ill pediatric patient for Emergency Department (may have ENPC in place of PALs) TNCC – Preferred – required within 18 months of hire for the Emergency Department TCAR – Preferred – required within 1 year of hire for the ICU and PACU. Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) training preferred or obtained prior to completion of orientation Membership in a professional organization preferred. 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