RN - Urgent Care Billerica

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* Hours:

** 36 hours a week. Shifts are 8am-830pm, rotating every 3rd weekend requirements.
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* Location:

** 199 Boston Rd. Billerica, MA. Urgent Care Billerica
** Job Profile Summary
** This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders.  In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Clinical Nurse duties:
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.
A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs.  The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education.
An experienced level role that applies practical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.  Works independently with general supervision, problems faced are difficult but typically not complex, and may influence others within the job area through explanation of facts, policies and practices.

This role 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. Responsible for the planning, delivery and management of patient/family centered care utilizing the nursing process and adhering to the standards of nursing practice embedded in research, evidence based practice and/or best practices.

Provides clinical excellence, which fosters and supports an environment central to our patient and family centered model of care.
** Job Description
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* Minimum Qualifications:

** 2. Two (2) years of clinical nursing experience.
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* Preferred Qualifications:

** 2. Three (3) years of clinical nursing experience.
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* Duties and Responsibilities:

** The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
4. Listens and acknowledges patients/family knowledge of self and engages their participation in care.  Identifies cultural needs (i.e. language, etc) to develop a care plan that enhances the health care experience. Recognizes patient/family rights through support of their informed decisions and advanced directives.

Documents per hospital and regulatory requirements/policies, all aspects of care, including but not limited to, treatments/procedures performed and patient response.
8. Performs procedures and treatments using nursing knowledge and judgment, according to established unit/practice area guidelines and professional standards
9. Safely administers and assesses the patient response to medication utilizing essential knowledge of pharmacology and Hospital and Department Standards of Care
17. Delegates responsibilities to others with an understanding of their roles, knowledge and capabilities
20. Incorporates new knowledge and strategies to initiate change in nursing care practices
23. Seeks out advanced certification opportunities and ongoing education opportunities
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* Physical Requirements:

**** Skills & Abilities:
** 1. Ability to effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, and healthcare team.
2. Knowledge of and application of the nursing process.
3. Ability to provide care for a designated group of patients according to unit guidelines and hospital policies, procedures and protocols.
4. Knowledge of current trends in healthcare including but not limited to advances in technology, pharmacology, treatment care modalities, quality and patient safety.
6. Ability to handle emergency and crisis situations.

Tufts Medicine is a leading integrated health system bringing together the best of academic and community health care to deliver exceptional, connected and accessible care experiences to consumers across Massachusetts. Comprised of Tufts Medical Center, Lowell General Hospital, Melrose Wakefield Healthcare, an expansive home care network and a large clinically integrated physician network, Tufts Medicine has more than 15,000 dedicated employees and caregivers.

The health system came together in 2014 to leverage the experience of its member organizations and integrate their missions to together transform the ways that consumers engage with and experience their care.
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