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Must-Haves
- One year of RN experience
- Must have active or pending Massachusetts Registered Nurse (RN) license or the ability to obtain one.
- Must be willing to work permanent nights with every other weekend (36hr/week)
- More than 2 years of experience
- Recent Step down, med surg, or ICU experience
- Would be willing to consider someone with extensive acute rehab experience
EDUCATION:
Graduate of a nursing degree program; BSN preferred. Will be required to enroll in a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) program by the end of first year of employment and receive BSN by the end of the semester in which four (4) year anniversary of employment at BMC occurs.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS REQUIRED:
- Licensed to practice professional nursing as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Requires current basic life support (BLS) certification. Some units may require Advanced Cardiac Life support (ACLS) certification.
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:
- 1+ year of RN experience required.
- Current basic cardiac life support certification.
- Basic computer proficiency is inclusive of the ability to access, enter and interpret computerized data/information.
- Effective interpersonal skills to facilitate communication with various health care team members, patients, and families.
- Organizational skills to set priorities and efficiently complete assigned work.
- Multilingual skills (beyond that of English) in languages appropriate to the patient populations served by the medical center preferred.
- Relevant clinical experience and/or specialty, certification required for certain practice areas, e.g., enters total therapy, epidemiology, peri-operative areas.
- Analytical ability to solve clinical nursing issues and conduct quality improvement research utilization projects.
- Ability to effectively delegate appropriate patient care activities.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the patient populations served.
- Physical ability to meet the core job responsibilities following practice setting demands for the patient populations regularly served.
- Ability to effectively manage stress due to critical issues related to patient care, changing organizational climate, and personnel issues.
