STAFF NURSE/ 40 HOURS/ UROLOGY SURGERY - BWH
Brigham & Women's Hospital(BWH)

Job Info

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Excellent Care to Patients and Families • The Best Staff • In the Safest Environment

Nursing at Brigham and Women's Hospital is known for their excellent clinical practice and for keeping patients and their families at the center of all they do. We understand that great care is shaped by relationships with patients and their families. That's why we're committed to knowing our patients on a deeper level - not just as patients, but as individuals - to ensure that they, and their families, feel known and cared for.

As BWH, we proudly work together with a spirit of inquiry and a deep commitment to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed and theory-guided care in an inclusive environment. We work each day to achieve our vision - to provide excellent care to patients and families, with the best staff, in the safest environment.

Just as we have been able to reinvent health care, we have also transformed health care careers. Whether measured in terms of lives saved, awards earned, or the personal satisfaction of stretching your talents - a career with BWH is unlike any other in the health care field. Here you'll find a workplace where collaboration and teamwork are the norm, not the exception - physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and management form a close-knit bond, based on mutual respect and devotion to our patients. If you want an enormously fulfilling career, there's no better place to be.

Brigham and Women's Hospital, an affiliate of Mass General Brigham, is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community. We place great value on being a diverse, equitable and inclusive organization as we aim to reflect the diversity of the patients we serve. At Mass General Brigham, we believe in equal access to quality care, employment and advancement opportunities encompassing the full spectrum of human diversity: race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other forms of human presence and expression that make us better able to provide innovative and cutting-edge healthcare and research.

The Staff Nurse will be responsible for providing nursing support and care to patients in the BWH Division of Urology:

TRIAGE DESK:

• Monitoring and responding to incoming messages and patient phone calls. Possible option for remote triage work.
  
• Accountable for responding to EPIC in-basket messages, provider concerns, reporting test results, and phone triage as clinically indicated. A standard communication framework such as SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, and Recommendation) should be used to ensure accurate and essential information is transferred as it relates to the patient's plan of care.
  
• Escalating messages when clinically required.
  
• Collaborating with clinical staff including, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Licensed Practical Nurses, and Administration.
  
• Performing all other duties as required or assigned within the scope of the position and according to the needs of the clinic.
  
• Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment.
  

CLINICAL CARE:

• Providing direct patient care in Ambulatory clinic setting under the guidance of a LIP.
  

Accountable for direct patient care including but not limited to: post operative assessments/ care, tube care, urgent appointments, patient education, providing pre procedure medications and assessments.

Escalating care when clinically appropriate

Collaborating with clinical staff including, Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Licensed Practical Nurses, Medical Assistants and Administration.

Performing all other duties as required or assigned within the scope of the position and according to the needs of the clinic.

Working collaboratively to provide excellent care to patients and families in the safest environment

Qualifications
To qualify you must have:
• Graduate of an approved school of nursing with current registration in Massachusetts. Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing is required.
• Minimum 2 years of urological experience required.
• Minimum 2 years of medical/surgical nursing experience required.
• Previous experience in an ambulatory setting with telephone triage and telephone-based clinical assessment techniques preferred.

EEO Statement
Brigham and Women's Hospital is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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